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  2. Poetry in Motion (arts program) - Wikipedia

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    Poetry in Motion was developed in 1992 by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Poetry Society of America and aimed to make the use of New York City public transportation more enjoyable and enlightening. The program was originally based on the British Council program Poems on the Underground, and was launched to reach the nearly 7 ...

  3. 2005 New York City transit strike - Wikipedia

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    A closed entrance to the 45th Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The 2005 New York City transit strike, held from December 20 through 22, 2005, was the third strike ever by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 against New York City's Transit Authority and involved between 32,000 and 34,000 strikers. In December 2005, the TWU Local 100 ...

  4. 2017 New York City Subway bombing - Wikipedia

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    Possessing a criminal weapon. Making terrorist threats. On December 11, 2017, a pipe bomb partially detonated in a corridor between the Times Square–42nd Street and 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal subway stations adjoining the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, injuring four people including the bomber.

  5. List of United States rapid transit systems - Wikipedia

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    Transit agency City/Area served Annual ridership 2023 Avg. ridership weekdays, Q4 2023 System length Avg. boardings per mile weekdays, Q4 2023 Opened Stations Lines 1 New York City Subway: New York City Transit Authority: New York City: 2,027,286,000 6,593,700 248 mi (399 km) 26,588 1904: 472: 26: 2 Washington Metro

  6. IRT Jerome Avenue Line - Wikipedia

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    edit. The IRT Jerome Avenue Line, also unofficially known as IRT Woodlawn Line, is an A Division New York City Subway line mostly along Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. Originally an Interborough Rapid Transit Company -operated route, it was built as part of the Dual Contracts expansion and opened in 1917 and 1918.

  7. R32 (New York City Subway car) - Wikipedia

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    4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The R32 was a New York City Subway car model built by the Budd Company from 1964 to 1965 for the IND / BMT B Division. A total of 600 R32s were built, numbered 3350–3949, though some cars were re-numbered. The R32 contract was divided into two subcontracts of 300 cars each: R32 (cars 3350–3649 ...

  8. Music Under New York - Wikipedia

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    Music Under New York musicians at the 34th Street–Hudson Yards station on Manhattan's West Side. Music Under New York (MUNY) is a part of the Arts & Design program by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) that schedules musical performances in transportation hubs across its rapid transit, ferry, and commuter rail systems.

  9. 85th Street–Forest Parkway station - Wikipedia

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    History. This station opened on May 28, 1917 under the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.. From the late-1950s into the 1960s the New York City Transit Authority had a proposal to realign the BMT Jamaica Line between Grant or Nichols Avenue (east of Crescent Street station) and 80th Street and Jamaica Avenue (just west of this station).