NYC, MTA considering project to cool down subway platforms
City and transportation officials want to study whether they can capture excess heat from the platforms to store for the winter. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook reports.
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City and transportation officials want to study whether they can capture excess heat from the platforms to store for the winter. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook reports.
The L, N, R and W lines will be impacted as MTA crews replace and upgrade tracks and perform signal maintenance over five weekends and certain weekdays.
The N, R, W and L lines will be affected for the rest of August as the MTA performs track and signal work. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook reports.
The MTA is making weekend service changes in Manhattan and Queens for the rest of the month that will affect several lines. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook reports.
Twenty-six vending machines will be installed inside former retail spaces in subway stations.
A newstand in the West 4th Street station is being transformed into a unique art space. CBS News New York's Dave Carlin reports.
The MTA released new customer satisfaction rankings based on surveys of nearly 80,000 riders.
Change for the 1, 2 and 3 trains will go into effect for the next five weekend, and there will be changes to the LIRR this weekend.
MTA CEO and Chairman Janno Lieber and other transportation officials detailed how the transit system is gearing up for severe weather Tuesday.
Miss Subways was a citywide contest that highlighted everyday New York women doing amazing things. The competition no longer exists but former titleholders say the message still rings true.
The NYPD is looking for a man accused in a sexual abuse incident on the 7 train in Queens.
A New York woman captured on video the moment she says she was assaulted on the C train in Manhattan last weekend.
A video on social media shows the incident at the Flushing Avenue station.
The Second Avenue Subway project has entered phase two of extending the "Q" line, but Harlem businesses say they're struggling to co-exist with the construction.
A woman allegedly let riders through a Brooklyn subway station using a student OMNY card she found on the street several times in July 2025, according to an MTA complaint.
A security guard was allegedly caught on surveillance camera letting riders into a Brooklyn subway station with an OMNY card in exchange for cash, according to a complaint.
A 76-year-old man died after being shoved down subway entrance steps in Chelsea Thursday night, the NYPD said.
A 76-year-old man has died after being shoved down subway entrance steps in Chelsea by a man who was in police custody hours earlier, the NYPD said. CBS News New York's Dave Carlin reports.
The NYPD arrested a man after saying he picked up a person and threw him onto the subway tracks at the East 149th Street station in the Bronx.
The man convicted of pushing a woman into a moving New York City subway car, leaving her paralyzed, was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 years in prison.
Kamal Semrade was convicted of attempted murder and assault for the incident that happened in May 2023. Police say the victim Emine Oszoy was left paralyzed after she was attacked.
The MTA is planning numerous weekend closures and more than two dozen overnight shutdowns this year, according to Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso.
The NYPD has released an image of a person sought in connection with a shooting on board a subway train in Queens Monday.
The NYPD is looking for the suspects involved in a shooting on board a subway train during the evening rush in Queens Monday. CBS News New York's Jenna DeAngelis reports.
Police are looking for at least two people after they say a 15-year-old boy was shot on a Manhattan-bound A train Monday night.
