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Transit type: Commuter rail, local and express bus, subway, bus rapid transit: Number of lines: 19 commuter rail routes 8 Metro-North routes; 11 LIRR routes; 26 rapid transit routes 25 subway routes; 1 Staten Island Railway route; 325 bus routes 234 local routes; 71 express routes; 20 Select Bus Service routes; Daily ridership: 3.6 million ...
The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, [2] or simply Transit, [3] and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City.
The Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue station (announced as the Metropolitan Avenue-Middle Village station on trains) is a terminal station of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.
In 1992, the MTA built little league baseball fields on an adjacent site one block west. [64] The MTA also owned the lot immediately south of the depot until 2014, which was leased and used as a driving range from 1999 to 2010. [65] [66] This land was originally planned for an expansion of the depot, or a new central rebuild facility.
These lines and services were operated by the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) and city-owned Independent Subway System (IND) before the 1940 city takeover of the BMT. B Division rolling stock is wider, longer, and heavier than those of the A Division, measuring 10 or 9.75 ft (3,048 or 2,972 mm) by 60 or 75 ft (18.29 or 22.86 m). [2]
The MTA began testing MYmta in April 2018 as a replacement for its existing suite of applications. [ 6 ] The beta version app was released on July 2, 2018, [ 7 ] [ 10 ] and it was largely received positively.
The 62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue station is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the open-cut BMT Sea Beach Line and the elevated BMT West End Line.It is located at New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street in Borough Park and Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and is served by the D and N trains at all times.
In December 2021, the MTA awarded a contract for the installation of elevators at eight stations, including the Eighth Avenue station's southbound platform. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The elevator to the southbound platform finally opened on July 20, 2023.