Get ’em while you still can! The MTA is now selling limited edition MetroCards featuring iconic New York content creators through a partnership with social media giant Instagram. The new cards are the last of their kind as the state agency moves toward using OMNY, a contactless way for riders to pay for buses…
Sep. 15, 2024 By Dean Moses Police in Queens are on the hunt for two brutes who relentlessly beat a commuter over a necklace at a subway station last week, authorities said. According to police sources, the callous attack occurred just after a 26-year-old man left a Flushing-bound 7 train inside of the 52nd…
Apr. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and Transit District 20 are looking for a man, who is built like an NFL player, for allegedly groping a 50-year-old woman as she waited for the subway near the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst on Monday morning.
Oct. 22, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld Police are searching for an unidentified woman who kicked and hurled racial epithets at another straphanger while riding a 7 train in Queens on Friday. Authorities say that at about 7:30 a.m. on Friday, aboard a Flushing-bound 7 train, a 28-year-old woman was kicked without provocation by another…
Oct. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry A teenage girl was struck and killed after falling to the tracks at the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station Tuesday morning, according to the NYPD. The victim, whose exact age and identity have not been determined, was waiting by herself on the southbound E platform when she appeared to… Read more »
Oct. 12, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for a crazed straphanger who flung pieces of wood out from a moving R train in western Queens last week, striking four victims at three different stations. The bizarre series of attacks – which took place within a 12-minute period on Thursday, Oct. 5 — left… Read more »
Jul. 26, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA announced Wednesday that it has recorded its billionth entry into the city’s transit system using OMNY, the contactless payment method set to replace the MetroCard. The lucky billionth rider was home health worker Candida Alfonso, who tapped into the 74th Street-Broadway station in Jackson Heights, Queens…
Jun. 20, 2023 By Christian Murray A deranged homeless man who allegedly shoved a woman’s head into a moving subway train in Manhattan last month has been indicted for attempted murder, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Kamal Semrade, 39, who was living at a shelter near LaGuardia Airport in Queens, has been…
March 22, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A man who is already wanted by police in connection with a mugging inside a Jackson Heights subway station on Saturday, March, 18, is now being sought by cops in a separate robbery he allegedly committed against a woman earlier this month at a nearby stop. In the most… Read more »
Feb. 16, 2023 By Michael Dorgan New York City lawmakers and public transport advocates held a rally in Albany on Tuesday, Feb. 14, calling on the state to pass a finance bill worth nearly $11 billion that they say would fully fund the MTA through 2026 and make it more efficient. The legislation, known as… Read more »