Manhattan

Pregnant Woman Hit With Ticket On The Subway

This is Nora Hsu, the woman who at 8 months pregnant was ticketed for passing through a Manhattan-bound train. Photo courtesy of Chad Rachman; New York Post. For years, it has been common knowledge that cops have ticket quotas. It did not matter the location or type of officer in question, if a quota had […]


C & D Trains Switch Routes Due To Construction

I apologize for not posting this sooner but I have not been feeling well. If you have been following the “Service Diversions“, one of the biggest projects affecting multiple routes is the “Chambers Street Signal Modernization”. Once again this project will be a big part of the diversions as MTA NYC Transit announced yesterday afternoon, […]


X20 Extended & Rerouted

Just a few minutes ago, MTA New York City Transit announced via a press release that starting on Monday, January 4, 2010, the X20 will be extended & rerouted. Here are the complete details from the press release I received: MTA New York City Transit officials announced today that the X20 bus route will be […]


M72 Extended To 66th Street

Earlier today, MTA New York City Transit issued a press release to announce the extension of the M72 to 66th Street. Here are the complete details from the press release I received: MTA NYC Transit announced that beginning Sunday, December 20, the westbound M72 will be rerouted to a new terminal on West 66th Street. […]


Cortlandt Street Station Partially Reopens

Yesterday was yet another sign of the rebuild of Lower Manhattan. 8+ years after the attack on September 11th, the Cortland Street station reopened to the public, even if it was only the Queens-bound side. The MTA held a ceremony at the event which I could not attend but here are the summarized details from […]