MTA Connects Subways in Downtown Brooklyn
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will be opening a new subway stop in Downtown Brooklyn. According to NY1, the MTA announced it is opening a transfer connector between Jay Street and Lawrence...
View ArticleBrooklyn Woman Allegedly Attacks MTA Bus Driver
A woman allegedly attacked an MTA bus driver on her morning to commute, accusing her of purposely driving slow. Alicea Diaz of Coney Island was aboard the B82 Limited in Bensonhurst when she allegedly...
View ArticleA Brief And Angry Encounter
The man with the army backpack took a seat on the train. He pulled a torn and marked up Bible out of his bag and began to read it. The A train was full but not packed–all but one of the seats were...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street Cripples Thursday Morning Bus Services
The Occupy Wall Street protests caused severe delays in the city’s bus services Thursday morning, DNAinfo.com reports. All Brooklyn-bound lines, Staten Island bus services and the M5 buses were...
View ArticleMurder on the B46: Three Years Gone
Three years after Edwin Thomas was murdered on the B46 in broad daylight, his family mourns his death. (Photos: Anna Hiatt/The Brooklyn Ink) The service begins at 4:30 p.m. as the December sun...
View ArticleBushwick M Line Station Reopens
The MTA reopened the M Line stop in Bushwick after a six-month, $11 million overhaul. It is the first of a five station renovation plan in the area. Read more at the Daily News.
View ArticleAnother Person Struck and Killed by Train
A woman was killed by a subway train at 10:30 a.m. today at Utica Avenue in Brooklyn. The woman may have been ill before falling; a police investigation is underway. Read more at CBS New York.
View ArticleOff-duty MTA Worker Found Driving Drunk
An off-duty MTA employee was found this morning sleeping in his car, which was still running and half on a Bed-Stuy sidewalk. He was taken into police custody and discovered to have a blood alcohol...
View ArticleWill the B71 Roll Again?
NYC Transit 2010 Service Reduction for the B71. Photo Courtesy: Metropolitan Transit Authority. Hitting six out of six lottery numbers means jackpot. So when all six tables at a Carroll Gardens...
View ArticleG-Train Gripes: In the Dark About a Shutdown
It’s the fourth week of the G train’s partial shutdown and Greenpoint resident Mike Wechsler has decided to sweat rather than wait. On July 25, the G train stopped running between the Nassau Avenue...
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