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MTA Says B67 Not Too Crowded
The B67 is a very popular Brooklyn bus route that serves many different areas as it travels between “Dumbo” & “Kensington”. One of those areas in between is Park Slope & according to the neighborhood’s civic council, the route is overcrowded. However according to MTA New York City Transit, it is not. Gary Buiso of [...]
NYCT Winter Weather Subway Service Changes
With a major storm preparing to hit our region, every department of the MTA is putting storm plans into action. New York City Transit issued a press release within the last hour with details on subway service changes during the storm:
Due to the forecast of a brutal winter storm beginning this evening, some MTA New [...]
MTA Winter Storm Statement
With a huge winter storm approaching the region, the MTA is prepared for the chaos that will come from it. Just a short time ago, the MTA released a statement from their headquarters regarding the storm:
With a snowstorm threatening to drop anywhere between 8 and 18 inches of snow across the region, the Metropolitan Transportation [...]
Two Bronx Stations To Close For 7 Months
As I have stated many times before, when I update the “Service Diversions” page, I include information for planned changes beyond just the weekend. So with that in mind, I would like to take a quick moment & bring notice to a big diversion involving some stations in the Bronx along the . The diversion [...]
MTA Reveals New Service Cuts
Earlier this afternoon, I wrote a quick entry highlighting the 8 public hearings scheduled by the MTA to discuss the proposed service cuts in the budget they were obligated to pass last month. A short time ago, the MTA officially revealed what the new service cuts would be & have broken them down by agency. [...]
Brighton Line Station Rehab Update
If you checked the “Service Diversions” page for the most recent update, you would have noticed that the Brooklyn-bound side of the Avenue U & Neck Road stations are scheduled to reopen. Just a few minutes ago, I received a press release to talk about it. Here are the complete details:
MTA NYC Transit announces that [...]
Rockaways Station Rehab Updates
One of the lengthier construction projects going on within the NYC Subway is the station rehabs at some stations in the Rockaways. Just a short time ago, MTA New York City Transit sent me a press release containing the latest updates on this project. Here are the complete details:
Due to inclement weather and limited track [...]
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 [...]
Seneca Ave Station Falsely Labeled The Worst
I was in my kitchen the other night & had the Fox 5 news on while I was in the kitchen. I was cleaning up when a subway story caught my attention. The story was about how the Seneca Avenue station on the M was the dirtiest station in disrepair according to a MTA survey. [...]
181st Street Station Reopens
I apologize for not getting this up last night. I ran into some server issues which I will continue to address. Anyhow, I wanted to post a quick notice which MTA New York City Transit sent out to a number of last night. The notice was about the reopening of the 181st Street station to [...]