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Stations of the Elevated (1981) – the earliest documentary about subway graffiti in New York City, with music by Charles Mingus; Wild Style (1982) – a drama about hip hop and graffiti culture in New York City; Style Wars (1983) – an early documentary on hip hop culture, made in New York City
NEW YORK CITY — Riding the subway or hopping on a bus in New York City is about to cost $2.90. MTA board members Wednesday unanimously approved a 15-cent hike to the base fare for subways and buses.
The New York City Transit Authority operates 24 rail yards for the New York City Subway system and one for the Staten Island Railway. [1] [2] [3] There are 10 active A Division yards and 11 active B Division yards, two of which are shared between divisions for storage and car washing.
Three services in the New York City Subway are designated as a dark gray S service. These services operate as full-time or almost full-time shuttles. [1] In addition, three services run as shuttles during late night hours but retain their regular service designations. [2]
The R17 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1954 for the IRT A Division.A total of 400 cars were built, arranged as single units. Two versions were manufactured: Westinghouse (WH)-powered cars and General Electric (GE)-powered cars.
The car lost its original number plates and now bears number plates from other retired R22 subway cars (7370, 7373, 7435, and 7460). 7422 – converted to R95 revenue collection car 1R714. The car was retired in 2006 and is now preserved by the New York Transit Museum. [3] A handful of R22 cars are currently in work service:
The 86th Street station is a station on the first phase of the Second Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.Located at the intersection of Second Avenue and 86th Street, in the Yorkville section of the Upper East Side in Manhattan, it opened on January 1, 2017.
The R143 is a class of New Technology Train subway cars built by Kawasaki Rail Car Company for the New York City Subway's B Division.Delivered between 2001 and 2003, the cars displaced R40s and R42s that operated on the L service in conjunction with the BMT Canarsie Line's signal system being automated.