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CLINTON HILL – A subway surfer on the C train shocked commuters Friday morning—and one straphanger caught it on camera. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk7u8YlBTpZ/] [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk7u8YlBTpZ/] Subway rider Matt Beary posted the video to his Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mattbeary/] on Saturday.
Downtown Brooklyn
Borough President Adams called for funding of the FastForward plan along with Brooklyn politicians and leaders at a press conference today (Via BP Adams Twitter [https://twitter.com/BPEricAdams])DOWNTOWN – After last week’s ceiling collapse at the Borough Hall subway station, Brooklyn politicians and local leaders gathered today to
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The BMT Centennial train making a trip on the elevated tracks (Via NYC Transit Museum)BRIGHTON BEACH – In celebration of Father’s Day this weekend, the New York Transit Museum [http://www.nytransitmuseum.org/] is hitting the rails with some vintage train cars to ride in Southern Brooklyn! At the
Announcements
BARCLAYS CENTER – Mayor de Blasio announced on Thursday [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/189-18/transcript-mayor-de-blasio-expansion-neighborhood-policing-nyc-subways] that the Neighborhood Coordination Officer (NCO) Program [/nypds-78th-precinct-rolls-neighborhood-coordination-officer-program-brooklyn-museum/] will expand down into the subway system, starting with Transit District 12 in the Bronx and Transit District 30 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/
News
Councilmember Antonio Reynoso addresses those gathered for the inaugural “Bike Train” commute over the Williamsburg Bridge (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)WILLIAMSBURG – At the corner of Hope and Union this morning, about 30 cyclists gathered at 8:00 am, drinking coffee and listening to music on a portable speaker before their commute.
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Brooklyn Subways (Via the MTA)Another weekend, another series of closures from the MTA. Here’s a quick rundown of the major changes that’ll affect Brooklyn this coming weekend: * No 2/3 trains between Manhattan and Brooklyn (Use 4/5 instead) * 2/3 trains won’t stop at Clark
Announcements
UPDATE 1:30 PM: Scratch that—the MTA has decided not to update its MetroCard vending machines this weekend, which would’ve prevented credit card transactions for more than two days, according to a recent post on Twitter. “We heard you all loud and clear,” they tweeted in response to
News
WILLIAMSBURG – A person was pulled from under the L Train at the Bedford Avenue station today, the FDNY confirms. Fire officials said they received a call at 11:19 am of a person trapped under the train and responded to the scene, where they were able to remove the victim
Central Brooklyn
EVENING COMMUTE UPDATE: – B trains are still suspended in both directions, with no service from Brighton Beach to 145 St in Harlem – Some southbound F trains will make D stops from W4/Washington Square all the way to Coney Island – Expect extensive delays in D and F service – Northbound C
Bensonhurst
BENSONHURST – Police are looking for the man who assaulted a woman on the D train in Bensonhurst last week. On Monday, November 6, around 12:30 pm, the suspect got into an argument with a 20-year old woman on the northbound D train as they approached 79th Street station. The
Bed Stuy
BED-STUY – Police are looking for the man who struck a fellow straphanger on the subway earlier this week. On Monday, November 27, a 43-year old woman was exiting a southbound C train at Ralph Avenue Station around 8:00 am when she bumped into the suspect, said police. The man
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Police are looking for a man in relation to an incident of forcible touching of a 16-year old on the D train earlier this month. On Monday, November 6, just after 7:00 am, the unidentified man grabbed a 16-year old girl on the buttocks while traveling between 36th Street