Commuter Alert

NYC Mayor Eric Adams joined NBC 4 New York at 5:30 p.m. Friday to respond to criticism of his handling the city’s flood emergency.

Video shared on Friday showed major flooding at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York.

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Friday, Sept. 29. For the latest travel information over the weekend, be sure to check with the transit provider as some systems, including LIRR, are on special weekend schedules due to planned maintenance. Commuters traveling by subway across New York City on Friday are going to face delays and suspended service as…

Heavy rain is wreaking havoc on all transit in New York City and throughout the tri-state, with flooding already causing major suspensions and delays — and there’s still hours to go with this storm. Several subway lines had service interrupted due to flooded tracks and video showed roads throughout the five boroughs and surrounding areas nearly, if not completely, impassable….

Your evening commute on the LIRR might be impacted after a work train derailed hours ago. Melissa Colorado reporting.

A work train derailment in Queens triggered delays on the rails hours later and had significant impacts on the evening commutes for Long Island Rail Road riders.

A tractor trailer traveling southbound on I-87 struck the South Broadway overpass in Rockland County Thursday morning — causing lane closures ahead of the busy holiday weekend. The truck was carrying a large pipe when the incident occurred around 6:45 a.m. at milepost 16.4 where the maximum allowable height on the Thruway is 13 feet 6 inches. The hit was…

Those planning on riding NJ Transit on Friday should expect more cancellations and delays. The transit agency said crews are still working to repair signal issues on the Portal Bridge that has been heavily impacting service in and out of New York’s Penn Station.

NJ Transit rail service in and out of Penn Station New York is suspended due to a Portal Bridge signal issue.

Thinking of taking NJ Transit into or out of New York’s Penn Station Thursday night or anytime Friday? Get ready for some commuting headaches thanks to repair work. The agency said that rail service to and from the transit hub will operate with “select cancellations and potentially heavy delays” through Friday. The delays were said to be up to 30…

Rail service into and out of New York-Penn Station resumed after 6 p.m., but there were lengthy residual delays expected after an engineer spotted two children playing on train tracks near Secaucus. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.

All NJ Transit rail service in and out of New York’s Penn Station has been suspended amid the evening rush hour, the transit agency announced, causing chaos for scores of commuters looking to get home.

Starting Feb. 5, the New Jersey-bound tube of the Holland Tunnel will be closed off to traffic during the overnight hours. The closure, which goes from 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. six nights a week, will last through 2025,

News 4’s Adelle Caballero reports.

Starting Feb. 5, the New Jersey-bound tube of the Holland Tunnel will be closed off to traffic during the overnight hours. The closure, which goes from 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. six nights a week, will last through 2025,

The MTA’s planned electrical upgrade repairs kicking off Monday are disrupting service on two subway lines between Manhattan and Queens until the end of the year. From Monday morning until 5 a.m. on Saturday, E trains are going to be rerouted to the F line between Jackson Heights and Washington Square. Meanwhile on the M line, service is being...

What you need to know about the temporary changes.

Drivers may want to take extra time planning their commute given that there are several lane closures planned this week at the George Washington Bridge as well as the Holland Tunnel. From Tuesday until Thursday different lanes will be closed at differing intervals at both the bridge and the tunnel to accommodate construction that is being done at the sites….

Train delayed? Bridge stuck? Usual commute re-routed? Follow the list below for real-time transit updates from all our local transit agencies and providers.

Subway riders in Manhattan got a lunchtime scare at one of the borough’s busier stations Friday afternoon, with smoke seen pouring from the tunnel at Lexington Avenue after the train hit some object on the tracks, according to the MTA. It wasn’t clear what the northbound 6 train hit as it pulled into 51st Street around 12:45 p.m., but...