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No 7 or N train service between Queens and Manhattan this weekend. Here's why
There’s a new subway service alert riders traveling between Queens and Manhattan should know. N and 7 train service between the two boroughs will be suspended all weekend, starting Saturday at 12:01 a.m. and going until Monday at 4 a.m. 7 trains will not run between 74th Street-Broadway and 34th Street-Hudson Yards. N trains will run between Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue…
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MTA ridership reality check
Gaby Acevedo reports.
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MTA Ridership Reality Check
The MTA celebrated is one billionth customer of the year, yet they are still nowhere near the numbers before covid. Andrew Siff reports.
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I-Team: Ending free rides on the subway
Marc Santia reports.
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NYC teens break into booth on 4 train, gain access to controls: Police
A group of teenagers were arrested after breaking into a booth aboard a moving New York City subway train, giving them access to the locomotive’s controls, according to police.
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PHOTOS: Crews work to clear train tracks after weekend mudslide in Westchester County
The MTA released photos late Sunday of crews working during the weekend to clear train tracks in Scarborough of debris from a mudslide that occurred early Saturday and limited train service through the area. -
Young woman killed by subway train after morning fall
A young woman was hit and killed by a subway train after she suffered a medical episode and fell onto the tracks. Andrew Siff reports.
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For first time in 50 years, this NYC borough is getting all-new train cars
For the first time since the Richard Nixon administration, the Staten Island Railway is getting new subway cars.
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13-year-old boy stabbed to death on MTA bus
Police say gang signs were thrown back and forth between two teenagers before the fatal stabbing. News 4’s Checkey Beckford reports.
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Teen boy stabbed to death on MTA bus on Staten Island
The 13-year-old was stabbed repeatedly in the chest after another teen boarded the same MTA bus, witnesses and police sources say. News 4’s Checkey Beckford reports.
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MTA unveils plan to expand 2nd Avenue subway
It’s a pipe dream no more! The MTA says a crosstown subway on 125th Street in Harlem is now on the table — if they can find the funds. On Wednesday, transit officials talked about plans to extend the Second Avenue subway not just north — but west across 125th Street. “I think it’s a great idea. Make it more…
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AirTrain JFK to accept MTA's OMNY contactless payment starting next week
Airport travelers are about to get a tech upgrade years in the making. Starting next week, the AirTrain to JFK will finally begin accepting OMNY tap-and-go payments. Gov. Kathy Hochul made the announcement one week ahead of its debut. OMNY readers will be installed on turnstiles at AirTrain terminals and will be activated by Tuesday, Oct. 10, the governor said….
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MTA unveils plan to expand 2nd Avenue subway
Transit officials are making plans to expand the 2nd Avenue Subway north and west of 125th Street. Andrew Siff reports.
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‘Seats are for butts not bags': MTA's cheeky message encourages subway ‘courtesy'
It seems that after a couple of years of not riding the subway every day, some people seem to have forgotten the unspoken rules of the subway. Now that ridership is getting back to normal levels, the MTA is looking to fix that
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MTA unveils plan to bring air conditioning to NYC subway stations
All New Yorkers have dealt with the intense heat that gets trapped inside subway stations during the summer. Now, the MTA is looking at ideas to get rid of it, including bringing air conditioning to platforms. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.
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Air conditioning at NYC subway stations?? Yes, the MTA is looking into it
The MTA released a document requesting information on how it can cool the nation’s largest subway system.
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Free bus fares coming to New York City next week
The MTA is giving out free bus rides on specific routes in each borough to help tens of thousands of riders. Andrew Siff reports.
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NYC subway shooter Frank James asks for 18-year prison term ahead of sentencing
The suspect accused of setting off smoke grenades and opening fire on a crowded rush-hour subway in Brooklyn in April 2022 has requested a prison term of less than two decades ahead of sentencing.
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Free NYC bus routes in each borough now in effect as part of MTA program: What to know
The MTA will begin its fare free bus pilot on five routes — one in each borough — on Sunday, the transit authority said. Here’s what to know.
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MTA tests ‘cockpits' to keep bus drivers safe
The MTA is pushing to make safety changes to buses for the drivers after a series of violent attacks. Andrew Siff reports.