Second Avenue Subway

MTA Taps Big Artists For Second Avenue Subway

| Amy Zimmer | Posted 05.15.2012

MANHATTAN — After the digging and blasting, the dust and noise, the Second Avenue Subway will have shiny new stations with installations from art s...

VIDEO: Village Voice Profiles The Men Behind The Second Ave Subway

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 04.12.2012

The Village Voice has a cover story this week on the sandhogs that are currently building the Second Ave Subway. Local 147 has been in those enormous ...

Report Shows Second Avenue Subway Is, In Fact, Producing Toxic Dust

Posted 03.19.2012

Despite the MTA's reassurance that their construction to build the Second Avenue Subway is not killing nearby residents, a new report reveals the site...

PHOTOS: The Second Avenue Subway Project Is Giant

Posted 02.28.2012

Sure, the Second Avenue subway construction is noisy, creates dust tornadoes and skunk-like odors, and maybe punches a hole into the wall of your apar...

Robert Moses and the Second Avenue Subway

Joan Marans Dim | Posted 04.28.2012

Joan Marans Dim

The world was allegedly created in six days (God rested on the seventh day), so why is it taking New York City so long -- some 90 years, or possibly longer -- to create the Second Avenue Subway?

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...

Are UESiders Suffering From 'Second Avenue Subway Cough'

www.dnainfo.com | Posted 03.27.2012

UPPER EAST SIDE -- Chris Ebe has had a nagging cough for months. Initially, he blamed allergies. But then the 34-year-old wondered if it was conne...

The Faithful Shopper: New Year's Wishes

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 02.28.2012

Faith Hope Consolo

Here are some retail events I'd like to see in the year(s) ahead. Some are more likely than others, but the holidays are a time for dreaming, aren't they?

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...

Good News For Commuters

Posted 05.25.2011

WiFi Coming To (Some) Subways It's been reported that the MTA is planning to bring Wi-Fi into six select stations. Plans are underway to have wirele...

Rats Invade The Upper East Side

Posted 05.25.2011

Are rats taking over the Upper East Side? Subway construction, cutbacks on city exterminators, and the nice weather (well, not today), may be a respo...

Second Avenue Subway Pictures: MTA Posts Photo Updates On Facebook

Posted 05.25.2011

While it may seem like the Second Avenue subway project has been stalled for oh, decades, according to new pictures posted on Facebook by the MTA, it ...

Without Transit Improvements, NYC Growth Will Stagnate

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

John Petro

Overcrowding on public transit doesn't just result in slower commutes; it also slows the city's growth.

New Apartments Are Too Little, Cost Too Much For Residents Losing Homes To Second Avenue Subway Work

New York Times | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

Finding an apartment in Manhattan can be tough. Just ask the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Next year, dozens of New Yorkers in some of the c...