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14th Street–Union Square station entrance. By 3 p.m. on August 4, 2023, a large crowd—including many people who were drawn to the event—had gathered in Union Square. [10] [13] The New York City Police Department (NYPD) became aware of the gathering as dozens of people began converging. [14] [15] The NYPD had mobilized officers to the area ...
2023 – 2023 Union Square riot, ensued after thousands of fans of Twitch streamer Kai Cenat participated in a PlayStation 5 giveaway held at Union Square in New York City. 2024 – 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation. The NYPD was called in by the University to clear the occupation.
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On January 4, 2024, a New York City Subway train derailed causing at least 26 people, mostly passengers, to suffer minor injuries. The incident happened when the first car of a 1 train collided with a disabled train that had been vandalized, both consisting of R62As, just north of the 96th Street station. [1]
At about 12:12 a.m. on August 28, 1991, 34 minutes after leaving Woodlawn, Ray's erratic operation of the train finally led to disaster, as the train heading southbound with approximately 216 passengers, going at nearly 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), too fast for a tripcock to stop the train in time, derailed at the pocket track north of the 14th ...
Union Park New York (East side), an 1892 illustration Prior to the area's settlement, the area around present-day Union Square was farmland. The western part of the site was owned by Elias Brevoort, [5]: 221 who later sold his land to John Smith in 1762; [12] by 1788 it had been sold again to Henry Spingler (or Springler).