Upon reaching Hart Island, the usual NYC Parks Department green and white signage is a somber black and white, noting the resting place of many. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Hart Island: Urban Park Rangers Offer Tours of Gotham’s Necropolis Hart Island has served many uses since the 19th Century, including a military training ground for Black Civil War soldiers,... News 04 Sep 2026 | 11:57
Red Caboose owner Allan Spitz has decided, after 56 years in business, to close the store. It is the last hobby shop left in Manhattan, outlasting the dozen or so that had been names known to savvy Manhattanites looking for their model railroads. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Beloved Hobby Retailer Red Caboose Reaches the End Of the Line The Red Caboose, the last of the old-time hobby shops in the city, is closing. With the shop’s demise slated for mid-October,... News 04 Sep 2026 | 06:26
Long Island Railroad Station South Fork fixes will improve service to Montauk. Starting in September, there will be direct service all year long from Penn Station to Montauk on one train per day. ( Photo: Wikimedia) LIRR South Fork Fixes Include Direct Penn Station to Montauk Train Don’t get salty, riders, it’s all about supply and demand! That’s the present reality of train travel from Hampton Bays to... News 31 Aug 2026 | 01:14
Northport Main Street; head east and it will take you to the water of Northport Bay. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Northport, Long Island: Clams, Beats & Wine in a Day, or Longer! Northport, Long island, is a little bit New England, and a little bit Napa Valley barely 45 miles from Penn Station. Northport... Senior Living Guide 21 Jul 2026 | 02:02
Train traffic moving through Sunnyside Yard on May 19, 2026 prior to the planned noon resumption that day of Long Island Rail Road service after a three-day strike. ( PHOTO: Marc A. Hermann/MTA) Long Island Rail Road Back on Track after Three Day Strike After 72 hours it was all over; the strike came to a formal end after negotiations were concluded around 8 p.m. on May 18,... News 20 May 2026 | 09:15
Strikers on picket lines outside Penn Station on May 17, the second day of the strike ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Long Island Rail Road Strike Over: Ends After Three Days For the first time in 32 years, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) the busiest passenger line in the country, went on strike... News 18 May 2026 | 03:09
The second phase of the Second Ave. Subway expansion is set to resume after the Trump Administration’s DOT said it would resume funding the project after a seven-month interruption. ( Photo: MTA) Q Line Update: Feds Restore Funding to Second Avenue Subway For the second time in two months, the Trump Administration has resumed funding on a multi-billion dollar mass transit project... News 19 Apr 2026 | 10:56
New York Trasit Museum celebrations include a May 17 Party on Wheels. ( Photo: New York Transit Museum) New York Transit Museum at 50: A Half-Century Celebration! The beloved New York Transit Museum in downtown Brooklyn is having a 50th anniversary celebration this year—raise that flag... News 11 Apr 2026 | 02:10
Fans arrive for opening day at Citifield. ( Photo:Ralph Spielman) New York Home Game Baseball 2026–Here’s How to Get There It’s Spring! Time to see a Mets or Yankees home game trip between now and the end of September. While other cities see a large... News 06 Apr 2026 | 05:33
For the new NYC Subway train order, which will see RFPs available on September 8, the current R211 trains, first operated in 2023, will be looked at for design and service issues that have cropped up in the last three years. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) MTA Unveils Largest Subway Car Order Ever, Costing Billions Is your daily ride subway train suffering the indignities of just getting old? Up to one third of the cars currently rolling... News 26 Mar 2026 | 12:31
With union chief Gary LaBarbara looking on, Governor Kathy Hochul on Feb. 17 spoke of her families strong union ties at a rally with more than 150 Gateway workers held at the NYC Gateway Tunnel job site entrance near the Hudson River. Funds OK’d, Workers Finally Returning to Gateway Project The stalled Gateway Project is expected to resume construction next week with 1,000 construction workers finally able to... News 20 Feb 2026 | 04:40
The map shows the route of the current rail tunnel under the Hudson, and the slightly longer, curvier new tunnel route, slated to be finished in 2035. ( Photo: Gateway Development Commission) Gateway Project Will Shut Down on Feb. 6 Unless New Federal $$$s Released It’s quid pro quo time again in our winter of discontent. Construction on the $16 billion project building new train tunnels... News 28 Jan 2026 | 09:11
At one of the few Manhattan bagel emporiums planning to honor National Bagel Day on Jan. 15, H&H will give Rewards program members a free bagel-and-cream-cheese combination. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Jan. 15 Is National Bagel Day but NYC Shops Are Largely Ignoring It While bagel shops across the US and abroad are celebrating National Bagel Day on Jan. 15, the Manhattan temples of hole-y-ness,... News 12 Jan 2026 | 02:30
Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber attend a rally at McBurney YMCA on West 14th St. on January 5, 2026, to commemorate the one year anniversary of the implementation of Congestion Pricing. ( Photo: Marc Hermann/MTA) Congestion Pricing Has Raised $550M for MTA, Cut Traffic Too: Hochul One year to the day after tolling cameras were turned on from 60th Street to the Battery in Manhattan, Gov. Kathy Hochul,... News 08 Jan 2026 | 04:42
This MetroCard vending machine was shut down by 3 p.m. on Dec. 31, several hours before it was scheduled to cease allowing riders to replenish the iconic blue-and-yellow cards. Unexpired cards can still be used for several more months but can no longer be replenished. ( Photo: reddit) MTA Says ‘Happy New Year 2026’–NYC Transit Fares Rise The first Sunday of 2026 was a turning point for New Yorkers: The basic transit fare jumped by a dime to $3 for a single... News 05 Jan 2026 | 12:46
