Female straphangers are most likely to be touched by slimy subway pervs on rides between Grand Central Terminal and East 14th Street-Union Square than...
Posted 11.19.2009 | New York
UPDATE: Gothamist is now reporting that the second victim was the train's operator who was taken to the hospital for "trauma." ********* While full ...
nypost.com | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
As the Freedom Tower makes its ascent into the city skyline, rising alongside it atop a crane will be a Subway sandwich shop that will turn out subs f...
Nancy Ruhling | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York
There's no bookstore in the Ditmars section of Astoria. We don't need one. Harry puts the words out on the street -- his bookstand has been in the same spot for nearly a quarter century.
nytimes.com | PATRICK McGEEHAN | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York
A $150 million project to replace all of the vertical suspension cables on the 100-year-old Manhattan Bridge will cause sporadic weekend disruptions i...
Gene Russianoff | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York
What Halloween would be complete without the annual Straphangers Campaign trick o' treat of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority?
nytimes.com | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York
The new chairman of New York's transit system is looking to introduce a pricing policy that would offer passengers discounts to ride late at night and...
nytimes.com | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York
Among the billions of dollars in cuts that were proposed by Gov. David A. Paterson last week was $113 million in state financing for the Metropolitan ...
Gene Russianoff | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York
NYPIRG's Straphangers Campaign joined in a lawsuit this week objecting to the rotten deal that the MTA struck this past June for the rights to build over the Vanderbilt Yards in Brooklyn.
wsj.com | DAVID OWEN | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green
Congestion isn't an environmental problem; it's a driving problem. Traffic jams can actually be environmentally beneficial if they turn subways, buses...
newyorker.com | Posted by Christopher Glazek | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York
Is it possible that the subway wizards are getting too clever, that in their self-described efforts to "enlighten millions of New York commuters" they...
TIME | Claire Suddath Thursday, Sep. 24, 2009 | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York
New Yorkers, take heart: your city is a den of dirt and grime and gluttony no more. According to David Owen, author of Green Metropolis: What the City...
AP | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — A New York City lawmaker wants to see Michael Jackson honored at a subway station where the star made the music video for "Bad." Cou...
Adam Hanft | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York
Despite the "sour economic climate" in New York City, what's happened is that "dozens of chain stores actually have expanded their footprint in the five boroughs over the past year."
Posted 09.14.2009 | New York
The mystery subway pervert has been caught. Kevin Bishop, a 44-year-old grandfather with 64 arrests on his record, was collared by police Thursday af...
The Huffington Post | Stephanie Harnett | Posted 09.14.2009 | New York
When was the last time you saw Mark Twain on the Q train? Or Faulkner on the F? If you've noticed that great literature has lost out to throw-away t...
Posted 09.13.2009 | New York
A quick-thinking subway rider was able to snap a picture of the man she says exposed himself on the train, but was given the brushoff by a cop when sh...
Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 09.06.2009 | New York
The alternative headline was "The New J/M/Z Station." Got a better one? Let us know in the comments. Get HuffPost New York On Facebook an...
New York Daily News | Pete Donohue | Posted 08.30.2009 | New York
A small electrical fire broke out in an East Side subway tunnel Thursday morning, frightening passengers who worried the sparks and heavy smoke were s...
Una LaMarche | Posted 08.27.2009 | New York
As a lifelong New Yorker, I have often wondered what subways would be like if they became animated.
Anna Kelner | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green
A subway could not only cleanse Los Angeles' polluted air and clear its congested roads, but could also radically change the way Angelinos relate to one another.
New York Post | Tom Namako | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York
It's 7th heaven for some straphangers. The No. 7 line was rated the best ride in the subway system by a new Straphanger's Campaign report released tod...
NBC NewYork | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York
NYC commuter grew to appreciate the times when his subway door would perfectly match up to the exit stairwell. So, he decided to map out all the perfe...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.07.2009 | Business
Michael Phelps' marijuana flap has not diminished his commercial viability, if the latest Subway ad is any indication. The sandwich company stuck by P...
New York Times | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York
Starting next year, the city's subterranean soundtrack -- a familiar overture of clanks, screeches, groans and beeps -- is poised to add a few noises ...
newyorkpost.com | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York