A Queens Teenager Was Shot and Killed While Riding the Bus

A 14-year-old girl was shot and killed last night while boarding a city bus in Queens. Police are still looking for the gunman, who they say opened fire on the Q6 bus around 9 p.m. on Saturday.
New York City Subway in Movies of the '70s and '80s
In this 17-minute video essay from Jonathan Hertzberg, he compiles scenes of the New York City subway in movies mostly from the 1970s and the 1980s. Though this is an account of the subterranean railway's presence in mainly fiction films, it shows a glimpse of a grimy and violent past. As the subway trundles through…
Homophobic Subway Preacher Gets Verbally Destroyed by Gay Straphanger, Much to the Other Riders' Delight
This past Saturday, in a nondescript NYC subway car, something truly extraordinary took place.
Woman Fatally Struck by Subway Train in Brooklyn After Fainting on the Platform
The MTA is reporting this morning that a female subway patron was struck and killed by a southbound No. 3 train after falling on the tracks.
The inevitable NYC subway fare hike was just approved. Take it in slowly. It's not so bad. There, there.
Photo of Man's Imminent Demise Covers Front Page of the New York Post, Sparks Outrage
A freelance photographer working for the New York Post on an unrelated assignment happened to be standing on the 49th Street station platform when 58-year-old Queens resident Ki Suk Han was suddenly pushed onto the tracks by an as-yet-unidentified assailant.
The MTA Gets Back to Its Core Business of Screwing New Yorkers
Let's all give a hand to New York's MTA, for their work after the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. Really. They had to get an entire system back on line, despite extensive damage and heavy public pressure, and they did it. Let's just take a moment to acknowledge the hard work of all those workers who got down in dark,…
Just in time for the next weather disaster, the MTA has released video of a dry L train tunnel.
After Gov Cuomo declared a transportation emergency, the MTA is waiving all fares this Thursday & Friday. [twitter.com]
Public Transportation Shut Down in New York as East Coast Inches Closer to Apocalypse
Hurricane Sandy is currently enjoying a nice leisurely Sunday off the coast of South Carolina as she prepares for her jaunt up the coast en route to the finest cities the East Coast has to offer (and, yes, I mean Atlantic City). Current projections show that Sandy should be touching down in South Jersey around 2 a.m.…
Shameless Predator Caught on Camera Molesting Sleeping Subway Rider
Jasheem Smiley of Williamsburg says he was on a southbound 4 train early Sunday morning when he saw a man sit down next to a sleeping woman and sexually assault her in full view of other riders.
Is This 'How To Ride the Subway' Tutorial Really Necessary?
The New York Daily News seems to think so, because it took the time to put together a four-minute tutorial called "Teach Me How Too... Ride the Subway (Without Annoying Everyone)."
Internet-Famous Subway Stair Has Tripped Its Last Victim
Less than a day after filmmaker Dean Peterson's short doc about the mischievous subway stair at the 36th Street station gained viral status, the MTA has put an end to the voyeuristic schadenfreude by bringing in a repair crew.
Will You Be Struck by a New York City Subway Train This Year?
How many people do you reckon were hit by subway trains in New York City last year? Five? Eleven? Fourteen? Twenty-six? Thirty-seven? Forty? Forty-two? Forty-three? Forty-five? Forty-eight? Fifty-one? Any of those numbers? How about fifty-four, then? Fifty-five? Fifty-nine? Yes? Well, you're wrong.
I Was in the Subway When They Discovered a Severed Head on the L Train
At 12:30AM Sunday, I thought the reason I wasn't getting home as early as planned was that piece-of-shit L train. Seven hours later I found out it was because, among other things, of a severed head.
