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This morning, an unauthorized person walking on the MTA train tracks near the Prospect Park stop suspended S and B train service and delayed service on the Q. Around 8 a.m. this morning, an unidentified person was on the train tracks in the vicinity of the Prospect Park station.
Central Brooklyn
New Yorkers all know how proud the MTA is of the beautiful stations built for the extension of the 2nd Avenue Subway. The MTA told us so. Governor Cuomo was photographed at the opening of the beautiful new stations. The price tag was high. You can see where the money
brighton beach
The tracks of the Sheepshead Bay station in southern Brooklyn. A suspected thief was struck by a train while evading authorities yesterday (Screenshot via Google Maps)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – A fleeing thief was struck by a Q train yesterday afternoon as he tried to evade pursuit, police said. Around 3:30
Coney Island
Police and firefighters responded to the suicide shortly after 9:00 am at the Ocean Parkway Q platform (Photo courtesy of Daniel Gold)CONEY ISLAND – A man was killed after jumping in front of a northbound Q train this morning at the Ocean Parkway Station, police confirmed. Eyewitnesses told NYPD
Bed Stuy
BED-STUY – Police are looking for three men wanted for their role in a streetcorner shootout that took place in Bed-Stuy earlier this month. At 5:30 am on Saturday, August 5, two men in the area of Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Van Buren Street exchanged gunfire on the street, said
North Western Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE – Police are searching for the man seen in the below photos who they believe stole a commuter’s cellphone on a subway last month. Via NYPDAt approximately 10am on Tuesday, August 15, a man walked up to the 23-year-old female victim onboard a southbound Q train as it
Central Brooklyn
FLATBUSH/DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Two teens were assaulted at MTA stations last month in two separate incidents. The first assault happened at approximately 11:30am on Thursday, August 17 at the Church Avenue station in Flatbush. The 15-year-old female victim was waiting for a Q train on the southbound platform when
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS: Police report that yesterday August 14, 2017 around 5:30 pm, a man followed a young woman into the Prospect Park subway station, and slapped her buttocks as she was going through the turnstiles. But did not stop there. They both took the uptown Q train, exited
brighton beach
A Q train has derailed near Brighton Beach during the rush hour commute this morning, temporarily suspending service on the B line in both directions, said MTA officials. The second set of wheels on the second car of a southbound Q train came off the rails north of the Brighton
Central Brooklyn
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
Downtown Brooklyn
More violence on the subways. On Saturday, May 20, a woman riding the Q train was beaten unconscious by a crazed homophobe, the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/anti-lgbt-bigot-turns-q-train-ride-nightmare-couple-article-1.3193042] reports. At approximately 7:30pm, a 24-year-old woman and her girlfriend were sitting on a
Police & Fire
Updated May 30, 2017: Police are still searching for the perpetrator in these incidents. Help cops catch a suspect connected with five unwanted groping incidents near the Avenue U stop on the Q train, dating back to December. The suspect grabbed the buttocks of a 27-year-old woman at 4am on
Central Brooklyn
MTA workers found a dead body on the subway tracks in Brooklyn on Sunday morning, cops said. The man’s body was discovered on the Q train tracks between the Prospect Park and Seventh Avenue stations around 6:45am on May 7. A train was approaching the scene, but workers
Central Brooklyn
(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
News
UPDATE [2:00pm]: Normal Service Returns As of this morning, B and Q trains are bypassing Ditmas Park’s Newkirk Plaza station in both directions due to a ConEd issue, confirmed MTA officials. This is all we know at this time but we’ll continue to update this story. Meanwhile,
Announcements
(Photo by Michele Travis)A downed tree and busted fence at the Cortelyou Road station is causing massive delays on the Q and B lines this morning, according to neighbors and the MTA. In the photo above, you can see the tree hanging precariously above the tracks, the missing slice