Central Brooklyn
EAST FLATBUSH – The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the below photos in connection to a recent incident that occurred on a subway in East Flatbush. Via NYPDOn a southbound ‘5’ train at approximately 6:30pm on Tuesday, August 15, police say the
Bensonhurst
Photo via nycgo [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCJcgh3u03k/?tagged=ftrain&hl=en] “For a city that has 6 million riders a day, it is a travesty that we are not educated by the MTA about basic safety procedures in the event of an emergency,” Michael Sciaraffo said. “And
North Western Brooklyn
The NYPD are asking the public’s assistance in identifying the group of teens seen in the above surveillance video in connection to a robbery that occurred on a C train at the Franklin Avenue subway station on the border of Clinton Hill and Bed-Stuy. At approximately 4:50am on
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Kensington BKRepairs on the Kensington subway station were expected to be done in August of 2014. It is now June 2017 and the MTA needs extra time. And by “extra time” we mean an additional four years. According to a letter [https://patch.com/new-york/windsorterrace/kensington-subway-station-upgrade-7-years-behind-schedule-report-says] from Independent
North Western Brooklyn
Image via NYPDThe NYPD are searching for the male suspect pictured above in connection to forcibly touching a female commuter on the subway last Tuesday, May 2, at approximately 4:45 in the afternoon. The unidentified male approached the 17-year-old female victim and touched her buttocks over her clothing on
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Flickr/MTAFor a moment, finding this twitter account made it all seem worth it. The long nights anxiously waiting for a ghost train, the vomit-caked seats, the unexplained delays, the ‘showtime’s, the snail-slow service when the train finally does show up, the rat parades, the overcrowding, the
Central Brooklyn
Image via iamtonyang [http://iamtonyang.com/1007/ticket_machine.jpg].Both straphangers and motorists will dole out more at the farebox and toll both when the latest MTA hikes go into effect this Sunday, March 19. MetroCard fares will increase for the 7-day (from $31 to $32) and 30-day (from
North Western Brooklyn
Photo by nadream70 via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BREeOLVD2xa/?taken-at=229160794]A 20-year-old Brooklyn man killed himself early this morning at the Smith-Ninth Street subway station, police say. The New York Post [http://nypost.com/2017/03/08/man-decapitates-himself-on-subway-tracks/] reports, Rubin Antonio Rodriguez set his head down on
Police & Fire
/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/212-17-BTRS-71-PCT-TD32-12-10-16.mp4 Cops are searching for five men suspected of punching a straphanger on the Q train near Prospect Park in December. The victim, a 56-year-old man, saw the suspects harassing an elderly man aboard the southbound Q train near the Prospect Park station on Saturday,
Bensonhurst
Photo by gofaceyourself [https://instagram.com/p/07y3Pbju4X/?taken-by=gofaceyourself]In response to looming subway and bus fare hikes [/with-impending-fare-hike-for-subways-buses-riders-to-have-limited-input-vote/] , advocates are renewing their call to Mayor de Blasio to implement half-priced MetroCards for low-income riders. The MTA has announced a two-year, 4 percent fare hike, taking effect in March
Arts & Culture
Christopher Serrano died on Wednesday, October 5 in a subway surfer incident. (Photo via Christopher Ashton Serrano [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10207813705918296&set=a.1467483564776.2060674.1164154914&type=3&theater] ) / FacebookThe man who died subway surfing at the Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street stop on
Arts & Culture
Christopher Serrano died on Wednesday, October 5 in a subway surfer incident. (Photo via Christopher Ashton Serrano [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10207813705918296&set=a.1467483564776.2060674.1164154914&type=3&theater] ) / FacebookA Sunset Park man who died subway surfing at the Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street
Arts & Culture
Christopher Serrano died on Wednesday, October 5 in a subway surfer incident. (Photo via Christopher Ashton Serrano [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10207813705918296&set=a.1467483564776.2060674.1164154914&type=3&theater] ) / FacebookThe man who died subway surfing at the Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street stop on
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Photo via makebrooklyn [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKE1cXHhYzV/?tagged=ftrain&hl=en]When the F subway line came alive on December 15, 1940 [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E01E5DF1F3EE33ABC4D52DFB467838B659EDE] , the term “Fastrack” was not part of the MTA vocabulary. Straphangers in need of transportation overnight
history
Ramp to the lower level of Nevins Street Station. (Photo by Joseph Brennan)The Nevins Street station is located at the intersection of Nevins, Flatbush Avenue, and Fulton Street and serves the 2 and 4 trains at all times, the 3 train until late night, and the 5 train on
News
Adaptation of possible Marine Park subway line. Photo edits by Sheepshead Bites. It’s been talked about for over a century, but could this be the time the idea comes to fruition? Despite not knowing where funding will come from for current transit projects, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) put