The New York City Unified Victim Identification System (or United Victim Identification System, UVIS) was activated in response to NYPD activity located near 36th Street and 4th Avenue in Brooklyn. If you are concerned about the well-being of someone who may have been affected by the event and cannot reach them, please call 311. From … Read more
NEW YORK – Several people were shot this Tuesday morning at a Brooklyn subway station, authorities close to the investigation confirmed. At least five people were shot at a Brooklyn subway station by a man wearing a gas mask and an orange construction vest who may have thrown a smoke canister onto the platform to … Read more
About 500 passengers aboard a Line 7 train had to be moved to another subway in Queens on Saturday afternoon, the MTA confirmed. According to the Fire Department, at about 5:24 pm, units were assigned to the fire station area. Vermon Avenue and Jackson Avenue due to reports of a fire that was identified inside … Read more
What you should know Police are searching for a man who was seen on video yelling anti-gay slurs during an apparent attack on the subway. The incident occurred on March 19 just before 2:30 p.m., police said. A 22-year-old man was on a northbound A line train approaching the 190th Street station in Washington Heights. … Read more
NEW YORK — Police are searching for two men who they say attacked a 28-year-old woman, and a 29-year-old man who tried to intervene, at a Cobble Hill subway station earlier this month, an attack which apparently happened without provocation. The late-night March 2 rush-hour attack on a southbound A train approaching the Jay Street … Read more
What you should know The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (or MTA for its acronym in English), the largest public transportation agency in the US and one of the largest in the world, named the former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation as its next president. The MTA announced Wednesday that Richard Davey will take over as head of … Read more
Police in New York City are looking for the man suspected of sexually abusing a woman on the L line train last month. Authorities said the crime occurred aboard a northbound subway in Manhattan on February 9 during the morning hours. The alleged abuser is accused of pressuring himself against the 35-year-old woman multiple times. … Read more
What you should know It was another dangerous day on the New York City subway, where at least three different passengers fell onto the tracks. A man died in Queens when he was hit by a train, but two others, one in Brooklyn and one in Times Square, survived with the help of good Samaritans. … Read more
Police in New York have arrested a man accused of smearing human feces on the face and hair of a Hispanic woman who was waiting for a train on a Bronx platform last week. The man was identified as 37-year-old Frank Abrokwa. The crazed subject sneaked up on the 43-year-old victim, who was sitting on … Read more
Police are looking for a man for allegedly smearing human feces on the face and back of the head of a 43-year-old woman who was sitting on a subway station bench on a platform in the Bronx during rush hour. late last week, authorities said. The train user was sitting on the bench on the … Read more