The NY Times claims to have solved the mystery of where the D train opossum is, after initially reporting on its subway commute of glory earlier this week. But... more ›

Yesterday life in New York City ground to a halt as New Yorkers pondered the possibility that the next time they ride the subway, there might very well be an opossum snarling under their seats. The story went viral, but it seems none of the online articles have any new information about the animal's fate, beyond what the Times reported. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne told the Times that animal control agents met the train in a subway yard next to the Grand Concourse in the Bronx... but Richard Gentles, the spokesman for Animal Care & Control, tells us, "AC&C was not involved in the removal of an opossum from a subway train on Friday, nor was one delivered to the shelter." more ›

A Bronx-bound D train was evacuated at West 4th Street early Friday morning after a suspicious passenger was discovered cowering under a seat. It was an opossum! Aw, isn't it adorable? Well, no not really; opossums are actually quite terrifying. So how did it get there? Nobody knows! The Times reports that the marsupial was spotted huddling by a heat vent after the train pulled away from Coney Island, and police cleared the train when it reached the Village. Cops, "armed with heavy-duty gloves and a canvas bag" tried to collar the animal, but after it snarled at the officers, they backed off (we don't blame them!) and arranged for animal control agents to meet the train in the Bronx. more ›

Back in 2009, Gerardo Sanchez stabbed a man on a D train after demanding a seat. Yesterday, he was sentenced for 25 years in prison. more ›

If you came across a bag containing "two preserved alligator heads, three small animal skulls, an antique lock, a record, and three cds" on the D train, you can relax because it doesn't belong to a serial killer, as the contents might suggest. It actually belongs to a Canadian! Emily Cavanaugh bought the creepy loot as presents at Evolution in SoHo on Monday, but left it on the train when she got off in the Bronx. You can contact her through City Room, and if you're wondering, the skulls belong to a mink, a raccoon and a coyote. And here we thought they were being sent to Animal Care & Control. more ›

Perhaps the MTA should use a little of that money they're spending to relocate people to luxury hotels and invest it into repairs on the Bensonhurst D train tracks. For the past few months, residents have been complaining that pieces of the elevated tracks on 86th Street and Stillwell Avenue have been falling onto the streets, hitting cars and putting pedestrians in danger. One local told the Daily News, "Does one of the trains have to fall off before they say, 'I guess we should fix that?'" more ›

This must be one of everyone's worst nightmares: Getting trapped between the subway and platform. Just after midnight on Thursday, a man got his leg caught between the D train and platform at the Grand Street station on the Lower East Side. One onlooker took video of the man while he was trapped. more ›

Early yesterday morning, a 21-year-old man was shot in the back at the 53rd Street and Seventh Avenue station in midtown. The suspect, who was caught by the police fleeing from the scene, has now faces numerous charges, including attempted murder. more ›

A 21-year-old man was shot on a D train—or on the platform—earlier this morning. According to WABC 7, the train was nearing the 53rd Street and Seventh Avenue stop around 4 a.m. when the incident occurred: "Police said the victim was minding his own business on the train when a man went after his gold chain. Investigators said a struggle ensued, a gun was pulled out and the victim was shot one time in the side." more ›

Who doesn't love a good subway hero story? The two real-life leading roles this time around are played by 18-year-old Rosie Rittenbery and 23-year-old Lance McGraw. Though the two had never seen each other before, even though they're practically neighbors, he saved her life last Thursday morning. more ›

Ever since the Metropolitan Transportation Authority installed new tracks on the elevated portion of the D train line in Bensonhurst, neighbors have been complaining of loud grinding noises and a constant rumbling sound that has hurt businesses and allegedly caused hearing loss. "I've been here 30 years. It used to be noisy, but livable. Now, it's killing me," said Hilna Motors owner Louis Gellman, whose auto repair shop is beneath the D train at 86th St. and Stillwell Ave. "I can't even talk to people outside. I have to bring my customers into my office." more ›

Police have released surveillance video of three men (one is pictured) suspected of robbing and assaulting a 65-year-old and then an 11-year-old on November 25 at the 205 St. and Perry Ave D line subway station in the Bronx. The Post describes them as "three bored-looking thieves" because one yawns—the assaults occurred around 6:30 p.m. and neither of the victims was seriously injured. It's believed the suspects are in their late teens; anyone with information is urged contact Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477), texting CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577 or going to www.nypdcrimestoppers.com. more ›

Graphic photos have surfaced from the recent murder on the D train. Photography student Paola Nuñez Solorio was on her way home with fellow students when Gerardo Sanchez allegedly stabbed Dwight Johnson because he wouldn't move his bag from an unoccupied seat to make room on the half-empty train. The two men did not know each other. Solorio took 120 photos during the murder, and today the Times has published four of them online. The images are very disturbing, as is Solorio's first-hand account of the murder: more ›

The subway passenger who pulled the emergency brake during a grisly murder over a seat on the D train claims the attacker was unprovoked. Denouncing previous reports that victim Dwight Johnson had struck suspect Gerardo Sanchez during their dispute, witness Vincent Martinez said the victim — a homeless man who traveled everywhere with his bags — had already moved his duffel bag from the chair when the accused killer snapped. more ›

Is there anything more horrifying than being locked on the subway with a knife-toting murderer? About two dozen commuters found themselves in that hellish situation early on Saturday, when they were locked on in the first car of an uptown D train with suspect Gerardo Sanchez, who according to witnesses had just stabbed a passenger to death in an argument over a seat. more ›

The 37-year-old suspected of slaying a straphanger in a grisly murder on the D train was not provoked before the vicious attack on Saturday, according to prosecutors. When suspect Gerardo Sanchez boarded the first car of the northbound train at around 2 am at Rockefeller Center, he seemed "disorganized and disoriented before and after the shocking violence," a witness told police, according to the Post. more ›

More details have emerged on the gruesome stabbing on the D train yesterday that left one straphanger dead and another behind bars. Bronx resident Geraldo Sanchez, 37, allegedly stabbed Dwight Johnson, 36, repeatedly in the face and neck in an altercation that started when the victim declined to move his bag from a seat on the crowded train. more ›

A knife-wielding commuter stabbed a passenger to death on the D train early this morning in a fight over a seat. Cops arrested a 37-year-old man suspected of repeatedly stabbing a 36-year-old man in the neck and face when the victim refused to move his bag from a seat on the northbound train at the 7th Avenue and 53rd Street station in Manhattan. more ›

It was only a matter of time before the Swine Flu hysteria escalated to the next level and what better place for it to heat up than New York City on the D train. The Business Insider's Lawrence Delevingne caught a glimpse and an earful of the first reported swine flu-induced subway altercation this morning while nearing the 42nd St Street- Bryant Park stop. more ›

While it lacks the visceral intensity of the San Francisco bus fight video masterpiece, in some ways this audio recording of a nasty argument on the D train is even more enthralling, because it leaves something to the imagination. (We're picturing Edith Bunker vs. Rachel Dratch.) Commuter Joellen Nicholson, who published the video on YouTube, calls it "just another night on the D train comin' home from work. Kudos to the subway Samaritan, who I've named 'Father Subway,' for taking control of the situation." more ›

Though undercover cops recently arrested one pervert, there never seems to be a shortage! Take this terrible story recounted on HollaBack. A reader said that on a D train this morning, between Atlantic-Pacific and Grand, "I was napping with my iPod on, and I woke up because I felt something repeatedly hitting and rubbing up to my arm. When I looked down, I saw an uncircumcised penis being masturbated right on top of my arm. Luckily, he hadn't finished yet. (Though the police mentioned that it would have been better to have DNA evidence. Ew.) I immediately screamed something like 'OH MY GOD, GET OFF OF ME YOU SICK MOTHERFUCKER!' At that point, the man mumbled something like 'sorry' and walked quickly through the crowd to the other side of the train. I was stunned that no one tried to stop him, and even shifted to let him through. I screamed again 'DID ANYONE SEE THAT? THAT ASSHOLE WAS MASTURBATING ON ME!'" (Read the full story here.)The HollaBack reader took the man's photograph while he pretended to be asleep and reported him to the cops, but because he's still at large, a happy, um, ending remains elusive. more ›