Last night, a fire broke out on the roof of the signal room at the West 8th Street station in Brooklyn. Which means that the F and Q are suspended near the stop (more about the service changes below) today for crews to start repairs, because the fire was extinguished too late for workers to start last night. more ›

After no small degree of dread was endured by those who rely on the G and F to get around Brooklyn, the big snow storm has come through with a reprieve this weekend. The MTA has announced that "due to inclement weather, all weekend subway work has been canceled. All lines will operate according to the usual weekend schedule." Shuttle buses were to have replaced the F train between Jay Street and Church Avenue, and the G line was to have been divided up into trains, single-track shuttle trains, and the F shuttle buses. But the best laid schemes of rats and MTA went askew, thanks to the snowacane. Even the 7 train's running between Manhattan and Long Island City! Oh MTA, you're going to spoil us! more ›

The G train weekend suspensions, which were originally supposed to last for four weekends, will happen again later this year, with at least two more rounds of suspensions lasting at least a month each, according to Assemblyman Joe Lentol, who's pressuring the MTA to do a better job communicating with riders. To that end, NYC Transit spokesman Paul Fleuranges has emailed us to announce that this weekend the G will finally be running again—but just between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand. more ›

We knew F train shuttles were expected next year, but it seems whatever the opposite of Christmas is has come early! According to the Brooklyn Paper, the MTA will replace weekend train service between Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn and Church Avenue in Kensington with shuttle buses in order to work on portions of the elevated line. This starts February 20th and will last "for an unspecified number weekends over the next 11 months." The agency says they'll try to inform straphangers of the exact dates to expect the shuttle buses, and so far they have confirmed the weekend of the 20th and 27th. On the upside, maybe you can become the Mayor on Foursquare? more ›

About an hour ago there was what the MTA was describing as a "subway smoke condition" near West 53rd Street and 7th Avenue. We just received some photos of a manhole fire at that intersection, and NotifyNYC is now alerting straphangers that "the F and V trains are suspended in Manhattan. B and D trains are diverted onto the A line between West 57th Street and West 4th Street." NY1 adds that there has been a "forced evacuation" but no injuries have been reported yet. more ›

Some Park Slope activists have so little faith in the MTA's promise to renovate the dreary Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street station that they're imploring transit officials to scale back their plans and instead make a few specific improvements immediately. The massive refurbishment was supposed to begin this year and turn the "dank and dark" station into a light-filled hub with clean windows and a new copper roof. But the plans were later scaled back and postponed in the shadow of looming budget shortfalls. more ›

In one of life's crueler ironies, it's usually either extreme heat or extreme rain that forces people to stand sweltering on a subway platform or out into the drenching elements. Today it's the former: subway service is still a disaster on several of the city's lines. more ›

A 55-year-old man fell onto the subway tracks at Delancey Street yesterday just as the F train was pulling into the station – and survived by lying down in the disgusting shallow trough between the rails. The unidentified man became suddenly ill and fell onto the tracks at 1:34 p.m, but this time there was no hero to jump in and pull him out. The motorman on the incoming train hit the emergency brakes when he spotted the man, but three cars had passed over him by the time the train came to a stop. more ›

The long-neglected F train station at 4th Avenue and 9th Street in Brooklyn will be refurbished starting in the fall, according to amNY. Built in 1933, the Art Deco station is on the National Register of Historic places, and the north end of the platform offers an impressive view of the Statue of Liberty. more ›