This is the condition in which this tunnel of the 191 Street station is often found. These are images recorded by a neighbor who crosses here frequently. “Now it is clean, on Mondays you come here and are amazed at so many cartons and glasses and bottles that people throw away,” said one user. This … Read more
A busy subway station in Brooklyn might have a second entrance. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is considering adding a second access point to the York Street subway station in Dumbo. Currently, there is only one entrance and exit for users that involves many stairs and does not include an elevator. An MTA spokesperson says … Read more
The initiative of Open streets in New York City it is here to stay. A year ago when the city was going through difficult months due to the pandemic, the Mayor’s Office proposed this program when the parks were closed. Mayor de Blasio announced that the initiative covering 70 miles of streets will now be … Read more
Erwin Figueroa could soon have more than one access to get from Queens to other counties, thanks to a bill that aims to create more bicycle and pedestrian lanes on bridges: “It is welcomed by us, which is necessary, for a long time the MTA to bicyclists and pedestrians have been almost like third-class citizens. … Read more
181 Street in northern Manhattan will have a dedicated bus lane beginning April 26, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced. The stretch of street is part of a major traffic corridor between the east and west of that area of the city. The long-awaited busway, expected in 2020 and then delayed, will help speed bus traffic … Read more
A teenage girl recovers in hospital after being stabbed in a Brooklyn subway station. The incident happened Saturday afternoon, around 6 pm, at the Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road station in Brownsville. According to the Police, the 14-year-old girl got into an argument with an 18-year-old. It was then that the teenager pulled out a taser gun … Read more
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announces that the number of passengers in the city’s public transportation system reached, this past Thursday, the highest total in a single day since the start of the pandemic. With nearly 1.9 million trips, city transit officials reported that more trips were logged on Thursday in the subway. Daily bus … Read more
At least seven people were injured after a pickup truck collided with a vehicle and then it struck a food facility across the street from a restaurant. The incident took place near Second Avenue and East 50th Street at around 8:30 a.m. according to authorities. Of the injured, four were taken to hospital. The severity … Read more