All news on the topic: Subways

US News • Views: 636
Two teen girls found dead on Brooklyn J train in suspected subway surfing tragedy
A 13-year-old girl was one of two teens found dead on top of a Brooklyn train overnight in what investigators believe may have been a fatal subway surfing incident, police sources said Saturday.
Crime • Views: 538
NYC straphanger pummels 64-year-old woman who confronted him for smoking on train
A violent straphanger pummeled a 64-year-old woman when she confronted him about illegally smoking on a Bronx train, cops said – as they released footage of the still-at-large brute.
Crime • Views: 811
Super subway perv: NYC creep busted 32 times — including 6 for sex crimes — since 1983
These pervs are the driving force behind sex crimes in the city’s transit system.
Opinion • Views: 627
‘Fare adjustment’? Sorry, Janno Lieber: New Yorkers know a fare hike when they see one
MTA boss Janno Lieber laughably downplays the next subway-fare hike a "fare adjustment." But every New Yorkers knows a hike is hike.
US News • Views: 527
A $7.7 billion expansion of the Second Avenue subway will force a New York City shop to shut down after three decades, the owner alleges: ‘I’m being treated unfairly.’
Lu Nicaj, 59, mentioned he will need to shut down his contractor supply business, Tile Stone, due to the MTA taking over a nearby lot on Second Avenue where he keeps his stock
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The tallest subway platform in NYC is one of 60 stations that will soon have elevators installed: 'It's like climbing Mount Everest.'
New York City's tallest subway station is finally going to have elevators installed, ending the 90-foot ascent that commuters have compared to "climbing Mount Everest."
Crime • Views: 1022
Recently homeless man reunited with dog taken from him on NYC subway: ‘He’s all I have’
A homeless man in New York has been emotionally reunited with his dog after a callous subway rider took the pup from him while he was asleep on a train in The Bronx
US News • Views: 764
Callous commuter stole a sleeping traveler's dog on the NYC subway
Police are searching for a ruthless subway robber who snatched a sleeping passenger's American Bully and fled with it in a daring theft in the Bronx
Crime • Views: 1196
If Eric Adams gets ousted in November, say goodbye to progress on NYC subway safety
Mayor Adams deserves a cheer for "Subway Safety Plan" wins, but making the transit system truly safe will mean getting a lot more help to Gotham's seriously mentally ill.
US News • Views: 993
Exclusive | Latest NYC subway shove victim is ER doc who was on his way home — just ‘happy he’s still alive’
The straphanger randomly shoved onto tracks by a muttering maniac Saturday is an ER pediatrician who was on his way home from work at the time — and is now just “happy he’s still alive,” his pal told The Post.
Crime • Views: 868
Cyclist wearing camo mask uses bear spray during altercation on NYC subway, affecting 8 passengers: police and sources
The bike belonging to the unidentified attacker was obstructing one of the doors of a southbound No. 4 train at 14th Street-Union Square when he engaged in an argument with another passenger at around 9:40 p.m., according to law enforcement sources
US News • Views: 673
An MTA initiative aimed at updating the subway line might exceed its budget by millions and be delayed by several years, according to a report
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has exceeded its budget by a substantial $77 million in efforts to upgrade a vital subway line, according to an independent agency's statements this week. Meanwhile, the technology on newer trains is already becoming obsolete
US News • Views: 653
MTA notches tiny drop in fare-beating — but a huge amount of riders still aren’t paying
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority revealed Monday it notched a tiny drop in fare-beating – but could still lose around $700 million to toll evaders even as it spearheaded a host of schemes to slow it.
Crime • Views: 872
An 18-year-old with dreadlocks, who took an MTA train for a one-stop ride, has been identified by NYPD as a recurring transit offender
According to police, Justine Randall-Pizarro is accused of taking control of the locked N train shortly after 4 a.m. on June 17 at the Broadway station in Astoria, then driving it to the 36th Avenue stop
US News • Views: 874
Andrew Cuomo proposes mayoral control of NYC transit system — rivals say he ‘had his chance and failed to deliver’
Andrew Cuomo, trying to revive his general election campaign for mayor after getting trounced in the Democratic primary by Zohran Mamdani, proposed Wednesday that City Hall manage the Big Apple's transit system instead of the MTA.
US News • Views: 951
Exclusive | Quirky NYC art project sheds light on scorching hot subway stations with ‘feels like’ temps well above 100 degrees — and this one is the hottest
TikTok account New York Lab is the brainchild of Ridgewood, Queens-based artist Jack Klein, who has been recording, logging and posting heat data inside scorching underground stations since last August – and has logged “feels like” temperatures up to 120 degrees at Union Square, 112 degrees at Herald Square and 111 degrees at the Dekalb Avenue L stations during June’s recent heatwave.
US News • Views: 526
NYPD drone catches four reckless subway riders — including a 12-year-old — in 200th stunt arrest
An NYPD drone recorded four children, one of them just 12 years old, engaging in subway surfing in The Bronx last week. This incident marked the department's 200th arrest for this hazardous activity since police began their crackdown in 2023
US News • Views: 899
Numbskull snaps pics of NYC sunset while subway surfing – days after teen died on same train
Chilling photos captured a reckless daredevil snapping pics while surfing on top of a subway car — just a week after a teen was killed pulling off the dangerous stunt on the same train.
Crime • Views: 1080
NYC maniac who viciously attacked 60-year-old straphanger with a hammer learns his fate
William Blount, who viciously attacked Nina Rothschild with a hammer at a Queens subway station was hit with the max sentence Thursday in New York City.
Crime • Views: 949
Exclusive | Trump Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy accuses MTA of ‘runaround’ on subway crime: ‘Lives are at stake’
President Trump's transportation chief Sean Duffy accused MTA brass of giving the feds the "runaround" when pressed on what they're doing to crack down on subway crime.
US News • Views: 912
15-year-old boy dies while subway surfing in NYC
A 15-year-old boy died while subway surfing in Queens early Friday morning, as reported by the police
US News • Views: 1157
28-year-old stabbed in chest and neck several times on subway, survives: police
An unknown man was assaulted on a southbound 2 train near the 225th Street station in the Bronx shortly before 10:20 p.m. on Saturday
World News • Views: 673
Terrifying incident as arsonist ignites massive fire in subway car in a fit of anger over his divorce
A horrifying video captures the moment a South Korean man, enraged by his divorce, drenched a crowded subway car with gasoline and ignited it, causing passengers to flee in panic
Crime • Views: 554
Serial offender who attempted to kiss a NYC subway passenger's feet released without bail, then erupts with bizarre outburst: "Your mom has a foot fetish!"
Dexter Betancourt, 37, appeared unkempt in Manhattan Criminal Court with a black eye and yelled at a Post reporter, "your mother..."
Crime • Views: 657
According to police, an unknown individual sprayed an unidentified substance in the face of a mother and her baby girl on a New York City subway train
According to police sources, a young mother was on a southbound M train nearing the Court Square-23rd Street station with her 11-month-old daughter when a man came up and requested to use her cell phone