Elderly man slashed by stranger on Brooklyn subway, cops say
A maniac with a large knife slashed an elderly man’s head on a Brooklyn subway Friday evening – but the goon was arrested ...
G train gets state-of-art, open gangway train, with 3 more coming down the line
A second five-car R211T train is scheduled to begin running on the G line on Wednesday, and another two are due in service by ...
He Was Once the ‘Subway Ninja.’ He Would Like to Explain.
In the lowest moment of Selwyn Bernardez’s life, he attacked a stranger with a sword. It was another transit horror story, ...
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Subway safety barriers cost MTA up to $100,000 per station
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is spending up to $1,900 each for stainless-steel, waist-high gates it erects at ...
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Straphanger, 61, punched, slashed on NYC subway train in random attack: NYPD
The 61-year-old victim was riding on a northbound train at around 3:15 p.m. near the Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer station, police said. Kevin C Downs forThe New York Post There have been no ...
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Open gangway subway cars debut on the G line
The MTA debuted its open gangway R211T subway cars on the G line at the Church Avenue station in Brooklyn, in service between ...
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Baby Girl Born on Subway to Woman Who Had Been Reported Missing
A 25-year-old woman from Florida gave birth on a W train in Midtown Manhattan on ... less dramatic — rides.” Since the New York City subway began operation in 1904, babies have been born ...
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Pregnant woman punched in face on rush-hour NYC subway train, sources say
A seven-months pregnant woman was punched in the face by a stranger as she used her phone on a subway in Queens last ... The woman was on a southbound J train at the time of the rush hour attack ...
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Rat Spotted ‘Pole Dancing’ on N.Y.C. Subway: ‘Gotta Make That Cheddar’
Getty Rat race? Try rat dance. Riders on a New York City subway got more than they bargained after a small rat snuck onto a train and spent the trip climbing one of its poles, gracing onlookers ...
Tired of subway delays? The MTA wants to fix that by strapping Google smartphones to New York trains
Google partnered with the MTA on a pilot program that involved using sounds recorded on smartphones attached to trains to detect track issues before they occur.