Feb. 1, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
C train riders will be the first to experience the brand new R211 “open gangway” subway cars, which entered passenger service on the Washington Heights-to-East New York local line on Thursday.
Jan. 26, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Brooklyn and Queens elected officials say they want “the gain must match the pain” if the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is going to proceed with plans to close the G train for improvements this summer.
Jan. 16, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
This summer, the MTA will implement a phased partial shutdown of the G train to upgrade the outdated signals along the Crosstown Line.
Jan. 15, 2024 By Jada Camille
They’re calling for a back-up back-up!
Jan. 5, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Order on Court Street!
Dec. 14, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Gabriele Holtermann Brooklyn’s most unexpectedly busy holiday shopping destination is the MTA’s annual memorabilia and collectible pop-up shop at a train yard in Gravesend — and, due to popular demand, the agency added additional shopping appointments and walk-up availability for the last day of the sale on Dec. 15. For three days only through Dec. 15, the MTA is selling all manner of “perfectly imperfect” transit-related goodies at the pop-up. Old subway station signs, handholds from subway cars, maps, train parts, and even massive retired garbage cans and benches are all up for…
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Nov. 28, 2023 By Melissa Fishman
The G train will be partially suspended during late nights from Nov. 30 to February 2024 as the MTA works to upgrade and modernize signal technology along the critical Brooklyn-Queens route.
Nov. 13, 2023 By Adam Daly
A 31-year-old man was arrested last week in connection with a series of attacks on women on the subway system over a week-long period.
Oct. 27, 2023 By Jada Camille
The Williamsburg Bridge has reopened to car traffic and subway trains after police shuttered the bridge this morning due to a man in distress on the bridge’s cables, according to the NYPD.
Oct. 24, 2023 By Jada Camille
Cops took one person into custody after they allegedly crashed into MTA buses in a Midwood intersection while fleeing from police on Tuesday afternoon.