At least one subway car on the N line derailed near 57th Street and 7th Avenue around 5 p.m. this afternoon. WABC 7 is reporting the incident involved one car while WCBS 2 says two cars derailed and WNBC 4 notes at least three cars were affected. The train was traveling southbound and no passengers seemed injured--just a little shaken up. The hundreds of passengers were evacuated by a rescue train which took them......

Image from WNBC Eastbound Long Island Rail Road Service is facing delays of at least an hour after the 9:35 a.m. train derailed at Jamaica Station. Eastbound service had been suspended out of Penn Station, but it was restored. Two trains "bumped into each other"-- the 9:35 a.m. out of Flatbush jumped the tracks when it hit the 9:34 a.m. to Huntington. Hundreds of passengers were unloaded from both trains and NYC Transit is......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: three pedestrians struck on 65th St. and 7th Ave. in Brooklyn, a tourist bus vs. building incident on 51st St. and Broadway in Manhattan, and a train derailment on East 239th St. in the Bronx. 47 years ago, two planes bound for Laguardia and JFK collided over Miller Field on Staten Island in mid-air. As body parts, Christmas presents, and debris rained from the sky over Staten Island, 132......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a fatal fire on Pennsylvania Ave. in Brooklyn, a train derailment on 41st St. and 1st Ave. in Brooklyn, and a shooting on East Gunhill Rd. in the Bronx. Anthony Marshall's––Brooke Astor's estranged son––lawyer pleaded not guilty to forgery in the sordid case of her will. BestWeekEver.tv's Michelle Collins manages to compliment Tony Bennett, fling a t-shirt at Nick Lachey, stump Josh Groban on the definition of "Cougars", covet......

Passengers on a PATH train from Newark to the World Trade Center station had a shaky ride this afternoon. The train started to shudder from side to side, causing a motorman to stop the train. WNBC reports that at least 30 people were injured, with "as many as 10 passengers...taken off the train on backboards." Hours earlier, a train on the M line derailed at Chambers Street. There were no passengers, just transit workers, and......

Yesterday's PATH Train derailment left a few hundred stranded for 2 hours, but no one was injured. One of the cars in the middle of a 2:55PM train going from Hoboken to Penn Station derailed, so another PATH train had to be dispatched to evacuate the 300 passengers, who were taken back to Hoboken. There goes those NYC plans! One passenger told the Post, "Everybody got a pretty good jolt. The cops, everyone, were very......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: PATH Train derailment at Christopher Street, "DOA removal" on 43rd Street, and a double stabbing in Harlem. Looks like a couple of hundred people showed up to blow bubbles at Union Square yesterday. Via Gothamist Contribute: "This is Park Slope-- not Russia!" Brooke Astor turns 105 this week: "She is still dressed every day in the finest outfits and jewels." And speaking of outfits and jewels, Elton John turns......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: cracks in a building in Tribeca, train derailment at Grand Central, and a burn victim at the Harlem Water Treatment Plant. The Hamptons: they're not just for summers any more. (via Blog Soup) The State Assembly has picked the next comptroller-- Thomas P. DiNapoli, a Democratic Assemblyman from Nassau County-- he's probably not as much fun as Hevesi. Maybe they should start throwing in SCUBA lessons with those overpriced......

Yesterday's stormy weather brought many transportation delays that will lead to some delays today as well. WABC 7 reported that many passengers leaving via JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark airports had waited 13-14 hours before heading to hotels. Today, JFK and Newark should be able to get their delayed passengers out, but given the small space that LaGuardia has, passengers are more likely to wait for their flights to even come in. It makes talk of......

An L train subway operator suffered a seizure and crashed an L train as he was trying to park it at the Canarsie railyards yesterday morning. Luckily, no one was injured seriously, and the operator and two other workers were taken to the hospital. The MTA also said there was a contractor installing advertising, but there are no reports he was injured. The Daily News describes the derailment:The train hit a set of metal poles......

- A NJ couple won the huge MegaMillions jackpot; husband Harold Lerner says he'll buy a Checker cab (he grew up in Brooklyn) and give people free rides! - Governor Pataki says a new Chinese business center will be in lower Manhattan; hey, Chinese government, you're warned - see how well the Guv'nah has done with the World Trade Center redevelopment - This month's Franklin Avenue train derailment was caused by train operator error -......

Yesterday afternoon, the Franklin Avenue shuttle derailed at Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard, knocking some passengers out of their seats. Riders escaped serious injury but had to be evacuated as authorities investigated the trains. One early hypothesis is that signal problems caused the derailment - damn those signals! The Franklin Avenue shuttle is only two cars long and is conductorless, leading the NYC Transit to try to reassure people by saying, "All these shuttles are......

The freight train derailment in the Bronx that blocked Amtrak service yesterday and is causing problems even today was bad (Boston-bound passengers had to take shuttle buses from Penn Station to Grand Central, then take the Metro-North to New Haven to pick up an Amtrak there - totally sucks), but Gothamist is a little more freaked out about why PATH service was held up during last night's commute: A building with a sagging wall. The......

Yesterday morning, a vaccuum train was derailed near the Smith and 9th Street stops in Brooklyn, causing a huge problem for commuters who take the F and G trains yesterday. The train was being returned to Brooklyn after cleaning up various subway tracks, but it ended up getting derailed in the early morning, causing grief for commmuters and possibly more damage to the train tracks. The NY Times notes the extent of the derailment: It......

Yesterday, a commuter train in western Japan derailed and crashed into an apartment building, injuring 340 and killing 73. Investigators suspect that the train's speed was a cause, because the conductor was trying to make up for a delay, since the train was running 90 seconds late. The 23 year old conductor had missed an earlier stop, had to go back, and then proceed again; the driver has not been found yet. West Japan Railway......

Yesterday, an S shuttle train that was running from Times Square to Grand Central derailed when it ran into a bumper at the end of the track. Authorities are unsure whether the conductor "had fallen asleep, fainted or otherwise lost consciousness." The accident occured at 5AM, and a few people were taken to hospitals for injuries, and the police realized that they had warrants out for two of the men! The men were arrested, and......

A little F-train subway derailment was just the tip of the Sixth Avenue subway iceberg yesterday, with New York Region > Derailment Causes Subway Delays; Fires Upgrade It to a Full Mess" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/nyregion/02derail.html?oref=login">fires starting along the line as well. There was a fire at West 4th Street in the early afternoon, then smoke wafted through the system, affecting the B/D/F/Q and A/C/E lines. The NY Times reports that the reports of smoke "led to confusion......

Oh, New York City Subway. Gothamist knows you are 100 years old, and you've been doing a great job. But it makes us so sad and frustrated when there's a subway derailment AND a broken rail in a given day. Yesterday, a B train derailed in the morning and then a broken rail was found at West 4th Street, which meant lots of service was suspended. The Daily News reports that "Four wheels on the......