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The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City, New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. [a] Its operator is the New York City Transit Authority, which is itself controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York.
In 1986, the New York City Transit Authority launched a study to determine whether to close 79 stations on 11 routes, including the segment of the Culver Line south of either Kings Highway or Avenue U, due to low ridership and high repair costs. [92] [93] Numerous figures, including New York City Council member Carol Greitzer, criticized the plans.
Darius McCollum (born March 28, 1965 [1]) is an American man primarily known for posing as a New York City Subway motorman, bus driver, and subway train operator due to his fixation with trains and public transport.
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]
Official logo. MTA Arts & Design, formerly known as Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit and Arts for Transit and Urban Design, [1] is a commissioned art program directed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the transportation systems serving New York City and the surrounding region.
In the New York City Subway there are three types of terminal stations: Station where a train proceeds beyond the station, like at a non-terminal station, and returns to service on another track. Station with one or more tracks, often with bumper blocks at their end.
The current R service is the successor to the original route 2 of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation. [5] [6] When 2 service began on January 15, 1916, it ran between Chambers Street on the BMT Nassau Street Line and 86th Street on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, using the Manhattan Bridge to cross the East River, and running via Fourth Avenue local. [7]
The K Eighth Avenue Local, earlier the AA, was a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway.Its route bullet was colored blue on station signs, car rollsigns, and the official subway map since it ran on the IND Eighth Avenue Line.