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Your Daily Delays Go Live: MTA Could Switch From Pre-Recorded To Real Voices

Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsThe MTA announced it will be improving…how we hear about regular delays. At a board meeting on June 19, MTA officials discussed a plan to replace many pre-recorded messages straphangers hear on the trains with live announcements informing passengers about delays, according to news outlets. This

Church Avenue Subway Repairs Are Not On Track

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

The Stuff Of Nightmares: Stuck On An Airless, Rush Hour F Train Last Night

(Photo by Michael Sandy Claus Sciaraffo)“This is my personal nightmare,” said a straphanger sitting next to me yesterday evening on a Brooklyn-bound F train. He was taking shallow breaths, with beads of sweat dripping down his face. At that point we’d been stuck underground on a sweltering F

F Train Returns To Southern BK – Almost

Photo by skatercruzito [http://websta.me/p/1067759403701384757_222788340] Finally, some good news from the MTA. As of early this morning, Coney Island-bound F service is finally restored at Avenue I, Bay Pkwy, Avenue N, and Avenue P. After months of waiting, subway riders can finally get to Bensonhurst, Mapleton,

Gentrification Map By Subway Stop Shows Kensington On-The-Rise

(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)[Update 4/24: RentHop has since looked into the discrepancy in rents between the Ft. Hamilton Parkway, Church Ave, and Ditmas Ave stops and printed this retraction: “The buildings from the listings on East 2nd Street are actually in East Village and were incorrectly listed

Weekend Subway Alert: F Train Will Be Super Wonky

Photo via nycgo [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCJcgh3u03k/?tagged=ftrain&hl=en]We have good news and bad news about the F line this weekend. Bet you know what we’ll start with. The bad news: F Train service is going to be messy this weekend. The good

Flasher Unfurls November Surprise Near Park Slope’s 7th Avenue F/G Station, Cops Say

Photo via NYPDA young woman received a rude eye-opener while riding the F train earlier this month. According to police, on Wednesday, Wednesday, November 2 at approximately 12:15am, a suspect exposed himself to the 25-year-old female on a train traveling southbound in the vicinity of the Slope’s 7th

Sleeping Straphanger Repeatedly Punched In Face On F Train At 4th Avenue/9th Street, Cops Say

Photo via NYPDA subway rider who was asleep on an F train was punched repeatedly in the face by two men, police say. The incident took place on Monday, October 10 at approximately 3:23am in a subway car at the 4th Avenue and 9th Street subway station. After punching

Subway Surfer Who Died At Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street Station Known As Photographer With Cult Following

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

F Train Surfer Falls To His Death This Morning At 4th Avenue & 9th Street

Photo by Kathie Lou MoserA subway surfer fell to his death early this morning while climbing a Coney Island-bound F train. His body was recovered at the Fourth Avenue & Ninth Street station, said cops. A witness saw a man snaking between cars and climbing toward the top of the