The MTA installs protective barriers at a second subway station. This is part of a program to prevent falls on the rails. Transportation Authority crews worked Friday night and Saturday to install these barriers at the Clark Street station on the 2 and 3 lines in the Brooklyn Heights area. This installation follows another made … Read more
After a fire that occurred this morning in a home in Queens, eight people, including civilians and police, were transported to the hospital. The incident occurred shortly after 2 in the morning on the second floor of 164-40 73rd Avenue, in the Hillcrest sector. It took the work of about 60 firefighters to control the … Read more
Metro service on line 7 was seriously interrupted on Tuesday morning due to an incident in which a person was hit by a train, according to official reports. The MTA posted a message on social networks informing them of what happened and the alternatives to get around. “Line 7 trains are running with serious delays … Read more
Changes to the city’s transportation system train service are scheduled for every weekend this month. This is because the MTA continues with remodeling work at the Queensboro Plaza station. All passenger access will be closed at Queensboro Plaza from early Saturday morning until 5 a.m. Monday. This will affect passengers on lines 7, N, Q … Read more
There has reportedly been a partial derailment of a subway train at the 96th Street station on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, according to official reports. In the incident there were more than 20 people with minor injuries, who were traveling on a line 1 train heading north (Uptown). The authorities received the first calls for … Read more
Water and electricity services have been restored to all customers in Brooklyn who were affected by a large hole in the pavement Tuesday morning. City officials say the sinkhole, about 25 feet wide and 20 feet deep, was caused by a break in the sewer line at Sixth Avenue and 68th Street in Bay Ridge. … Read more
They release the identity of the five occupants of a car who died yesterday, after a spectacular car crash in the area known as “Dead Man’s Curve” in Queens. The driver of the Mazda vehicle that caused the crash was identified as Kazeem Ramsahai, who resided in North Carolina. 4 dead and one injured in … Read more
Officials announced Tuesday that the city received nearly thirty million dollars in federal funds that will be invested in safety infrastructure on Queens Boulevard. The grant comes from the “Safe Streets and Roads for All” program that has already provided more than $1 billion to the city under the Adams Administration. The mayor’s office says … Read more
More low-income New Yorkers will be able to get 50 percent discounts on bus and train fares through the program Fair Fares or “Fair Fares”as announced by Mayor Eric Adams this Friday. “Fair Fares is a vital program for our working families and I am proud to announce that we are making it even more … Read more
A bull loose in New Jersey’s largest city made its way onto railroad tracks, disrupting rail traffic Thursday before being captured, authorities said. The reddish-brown bull with long, dark-tipped horns stood on the tracks at Newark’s Penn Station, prompting a police response and halting train traffic between New Jersey and New York’s Penn Station for … Read more