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The system's 472 stations qualifies it to have the largest number of rapid transit stations in the world. Three rapid transit companies merged in 1940 to create the present New York City Subway system: the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), and the Independent Subway System (IND). All ...
Paul Goldberger praised the map as "the clearest and most usable map the subway system has had in years", and one of the bright spots of the subway system, which was then in poor condition. [38] A New York Times editorial said, "Not all the news about New York's subways is bad", praising the production of a "readable subway map". [ 39 ]
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City serving the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, [14] an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). [15]
MTA subway service on the No. 2, 3, 4 and 5 trains was suspended Friday shortly before 9 a.m. due to flooding on the tracks during the morning downpour. It was not immediately clear how many ...
In a Dec. 3 news release, the New York Police Department (NYPD) reported that crime rates are down in the city: Major crimes were down 1.9% since 2023 and there was a decrease in the overall crime ...
This service has been labeled on the late-night map as (gray A) and on trains as (blue S). The F service has a rush hour (1a), diamond Brooklyn express service labeled <F>, in addition to F local service. [15] Several services operate shorter routes during lower ridership hours, but these are neither signed differently nor counted as separate ...
The unfinished station was built as part of a planned expansion of the Independent Subway System. [15] [25] [26] The station is a semi-complete shell with four island platforms and six track beds, having the same layout as Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station. No rails, tiles, lights, or stairs were built. [27]
The tragic fiery murder of a sleeping straphanger in Brooklyn this week illuminated a critical flaw in the city subway system — fire extinguishers are not accessible to the public.. Fire ...