New York Subways

MTA May Want To Visit Your House At Night

Posted 02.21.2012

The MTA has been occupied with quelling the fears of residents living near the Second Avenue subway site over complaints regarding the site's perpetua...

WATCH: Amazing, Shirtless Dancers 'Zilla March' Thru The Subways

Posted 12.29.2011

Here are a bunch of gas mask-wearing, shirtless, guerilla dancers performing mesmerizing contortions in subway stations and aboard crowded trains in N...

Attacks On NYC Subway Workers And Bus Drivers On The Rise

Posted 01.01.2012

Bad news from the underground: coinciding with a 17 percent rise in subway crime, the number of attacks on subway workers has increased by 16 percent ...

Man Jumps To His Death On Subway Tracks At 42nd Street Station

Posted 12.28.2011

A 37-year old man killed himself by jumping in front of a moving subway train on Thursday at the 42nd Street-Port Authority station. A witness told...

Want To Talk To The MTA? Dial 511

Posted 12.04.2011

For anyone who has attempted to reach the MTA, but instead find themselves tangled in a confusing array of phone numbers, be thwarted no longer! S...

LOOK: First Phase Of Second Ave Subway Construction Complete

Posted 11.23.2011

By ANDREW GROSSMAN, Wall Street Journal The end of the beginning has begun for the Second Avenue subway. The Metropolitan Transportation Authori...

Man Hit By Subway Car Is Academy Award-Nominated Screenwriter

popeater.com | Posted 05.25.2011

'Monster's Ball' screenwriter Will Rokos has something to be thankful for, and it's not just his respected Hollywood career. Rokos survived being hit ...

Carlos Flores, Subway Hero, Saves Fallen Straphanger

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011

EAST HARLEM -- An East Harlem man saved a man who fell onto the subway tracks and still managed to get to work on time on Sunday, according to the New...

THE WORST

nypost.com | TOM NAMAKO, Transit Reporter | Posted 05.25.2011

It's Clearly the worst! The C line is the scummiest and slowest subway in the entire system for the second year in a row, an annual report has found....

Subway Cell Service On Its Way

Posted 05.25.2011

You won't be able to use the "I was in the subway" excuse much longer when you miss a call. In the next couple years, New Yorkers will be able to mak...

Near-Perfect Train Performance Questioned

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

By official accounts, 2009 was a banner year for the commuter railroads that serve New York City. Of all the trains that ran last year, the railroads ...