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West 4th Street subway station with people leaning on metal bars

Something to lean on: MTA replaces iconic wooden benches with space-saving bars at this popular NYC subway station

Posted on March 18, 2025

TLC drivers with their lawyers outside

TLC drivers secure $140 million from city following court ruling about license suspensions and arrests

Posted on March 18, 2025

Suspect in Bronx subway assault

Bronx

Bronx subway assault: Man wanted for shoving woman off 1 train and onto platform

Posted on March 18, 2025

Outdoor dining in NYC setup

Outdoor dining: DOT gives restaurants the green light to start setting up al fresco seating areas next week

Posted on March 18, 2025

Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez.

Dirty plate crackdown: NYC set to hit drivers with obstructed license plates hard starting next month

Posted on March 17, 2025

group of people on outside stairs advocating for Fair Fares transit discount program in NYC

Advocates urge Mayor Adams to expand Fair Fares transit discount program

Posted on March 17, 2025

Homeless individuals sleeping on a subway train in New York on Jan. 13, 2025.

Homelessness on NYC trains: What local groups are doing to help address the subway’s most notorious crisis

Posted on March 17, 2025

NY: St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2024

St. Patrick’s Day Parade in NYC: Getting there, public transit tips and more

Posted on March 16, 2025

MTA NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow speaks about buses in winter

Op-ed | Keeping the NYC subway system in a ‘state of good repair’

Posted on March 15, 2025

Vintage trains stationed outside

Train game: Take nostalgic trains to the Mets and Yankees home openers this season

Posted on March 13, 2025

Speed cameras in NYC

NYC streets and open spaces see more safety, accessibility in 2024: DOT

Posted on March 13, 2025

MTA workers building rail as part of capital plan

More new taxes? State pols pitch extra charges on New Yorkers to support MTA capital plan

Posted on March 12, 2025

a group of people rallying in Midtown Manhattan about e-bike riding in NYC and e-bike safety

E-bikes in NYC: Safety advocates rally in Midtown for registration law to combat ‘lawless’ riding

Posted on March 12, 2025

J train pulling into Manhattan subway station

Manhattan subway assault: Teens beat man bloody for $15 in cash at subway station

Posted on March 12, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul and MTA chair and CEO Janno Lieber.

MTA capital plan still in limbo as the need for transit improvements grows strong

Posted on March 11, 2025

rendering of possible Penn Station redesign

Midtown group outlines ‘grand’ plan to expand Penn Station and restore its former glory lost over 60 years ago

Posted on March 11, 2025

woman wearing hot pink in Union Square subway station, one of many NYC subways

Tennessee belle-turned-New Yorker delights commuters with songs in NYC subway

Posted on March 11, 2025

suspect on a Brooklyn train wearing brown coat who allegedly slashed a man

Brooklyn subway slashing: Man sleeping on a 4 train attacked, cops say

Posted on March 10, 2025

people sitting at a table looking at papers regarding the Cross Bronx Expressway

Transit officials complete federally funded study on Cross Bronx Expressway redesign

Posted on March 10, 2025

Congestion pricing toll gantries Williamsburg Bridge

Congestion pricing: New poll shows NYC voters like Manhattan tolls, but state voters say the opposite

Posted on March 10, 2025

person hopping a turnstile

Fare evasion runs rampant at this Queens subway station even as number of cheaters drop

Posted on March 9, 2025

Pictures of REAL ID and Enhanced ID at JFK Airport

NYS DMV now open on Saturdays as REAL ID deadline approaches

Posted on March 9, 2025

suspect who allegedly assaulted a man in Union Square going through turnstile

Greenwich Village

Violent perp stabs man in eye after argument at Union Square subway station: cops

Posted on March 9, 2025

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber

Op-ed | Stopping repeat offenders makes the subways safer, MTA chair says

Posted on March 8, 2025

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber riding the subway

EXCLUSIVE | MTA CEO Janno Lieber talks future of subways and safety during overnight ride

Posted on March 7, 2025

Bicyclists and people on Central Park roadway

Central Park roadways set for redesign to give pedestrians and cyclists more space

Posted on March 6, 2025

Commuters on crowded L train subway station during subway week of hell

This nonprofit believes MTA’s five-year capital plan will make your NYC commute much easier and more comfortable

Posted on March 6, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul

Hochul touts progress in fighting transit crime a year after rolling out subway safety plan

Posted on March 6, 2025

Sixth Avenue bike lane during the day with cyclists in it

6th Avenue’s four-mile protected bike lane corridor completed with addition of Greenwich Village segment

Posted on March 5, 2025

Congestion pricing toll gantries Williamsburg Bridge

Congestion pricing: NYC transit riders, climate activists sue Trump administration seeking to stop president’s ban

Posted on March 4, 2025

inside an open gangway train which is a walk-through train

Brooklyn

‘G’ as in ‘gangway’: MTA unveils new walkthrough subway cars on Brooklyn-Queens train line

Posted on March 4, 2025

Suspects in Manhattan subway slashing

Manhattan subway slashing: Suspects slice teens with scalpel, steal their sneakers

Posted on March 4, 2025

bus and cars driving the road and parking lot of the Staten Island Mall

Thousands of commuters to be displaced under plan to remove Staten Island Mall bus routes

Posted on March 3, 2025

Suspect in Queens subway assault

Queens

Queens subway assault: Man kicks woman down station stairs in random attack, cops say

Posted on March 3, 2025

Parking meter in Queens

Scam alert: Fraudulent texts tell New Yorkers they owe money in unpaid parking fees

Posted on March 3, 2025

three people outside a house on Staten Island

Staten Island residents rally against speed cameras as street safety program faces reauthorization in Albany

Posted on March 2, 2025

New Yorkers crown Smith-9th Street as city's favorite subway station

Ask the MTA | Tracks Raw Bar, Women’s History Month, and high and low points

Posted on March 1, 2025

Commuters squeezed onto the L train platform at the 14th Street-Union Square station while the line was delayed on July 16, 2024.

Sensing delays: NYC Transit and Google test out a program to find track problems with cellphones

Posted on February 27, 2025

Congestion pricing toll gantries Williamsburg Bridge

Congestion pricing: Hochul dismisses Trump admin’s demand for deadline to end Manhattan toll program

Posted on February 27, 2025

Police are searching for this suspect who allegedly fondled himself on a city bus in Brooklyn.

Porn-watching perv fondles himself on Brooklyn bus in front of teen

Posted on February 27, 2025

Attendees at Fair Fares rally in City Hall Park

‘Fair Fares’ discounts expand to MTA OMNY Cards for qualified users

Posted on February 26, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul and MTA chair and CEO Janno Lieber.

Hochul vows to MTA board that she’ll keep congestion pricing fight moving forward: ‘We’re not done’

Posted on February 26, 2025

group of people outside at a demo of bulletproof glass

Transit workers union calls for bulletproof shields surrounding MTA bus drivers

Posted on February 26, 2025

Lower Manhattan subway slasher on A train

Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan subway slashing: Perp attacked man during fight over seat, cops say

Posted on February 26, 2025

woman doing fare evasion through a turnstile

MTA scraps plan to conduct behavioral research on fare evasion

Posted on February 25, 2025

3 service mans in subway

Heavy smoke leaves 18 injured in Washington Heights subway after train strikes object

Posted on February 25, 2025

Grand Central Station passageway

New 7 train passageway opens at Grand Central Station, improving customer flow

Posted on February 25, 2025

Texas tourists with NYPD chief who helped find bag lost in subway

Midtown Manhattan

Lost and found: How two Texas tourists became a ‘subway story’ in the best way with an NYPD chief’s help

Posted on February 25, 2025

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Photos: Lincoln Hospital hosts job fair, BBQ, town hall, takes part in 3rd Avenue BID Festival

New York Yankee great and Glendale product Phil Rizzuto demonstrates bunting during a Florida camp.

Holy cow! The ‘Glendale Gnome’ who became a Yankee legend: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

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Brooklyn Marine Terminal vote stalled for fifth time amid growing community pushback

A general view of the LA28 commemorative coins and Paris 2024 to LA 2028 handover medallions during the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame Class of 2025 Induction Ceremony at The Broadmoor.

US Olympic & Paralympic Committee bans trans athletes