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NEW YORK — Riding the subway can often be a pain, but certain stops can be downright dangerous. A handful of the city's bustling transit hubs saw hundreds of crimes last year, a recent report shows.
In April 1986, the New York City Transit Authority began to study the possibility of eliminating sections of 11 subway lines because of low ridership. The segments are primarily located in low-income neighborhoods of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, with a total of 79 stations, and 45 miles of track, for a total of 6.5 percent of the system.
A New York City 1 service subway car in 1973. Crime on the New York City Subway reached a peak in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with the city's subway having a crime rate higher than that of any other mass transit system in the world. [134] During the 2000s, the subway had a lower crime rate, as crime started dropping in the 1990s. [135] [136]
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City 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]
Five stations emerged as the city's worst, in terms of customer satisfaction, including three in Harlem: Central Park North-110th Street (on the 2-3 lines), 116th Street-Lexington Avenue (on the 6 ...
The Bronx's Burke Road station and Queens' 67th Avenue stop in Forest Hills were not far behind, both with more than 63 percent stress ratings, the study shows. In all, the top 10 most stressful ...
The Guardian Angels organization was founded on February 13, 1979, in New York City, by Curtis Sliwa. Since then, it has expanded to more than 130 cities and 13 countries worldwide. [1] Sliwa originally created the Guardian Angels to combat widespread violence and crime on the New York City Subway system.
A "dangerous" gas-masked gunman remains on the loose after shooting 10 people in a Brooklyn subway, Gov. Kathy Hochul warned Tuesday.