A man was stabbed during a fight either on the G train or on the G train platform near Park Slope last night, according to two slightly conflicting reports. Either way, it sounds pretty ugly. more ›

The continuing hell that is F and G train service around Brownstone Brooklyn continues, starting this weekend lasting into, basically, eternity. So if you've ever wanted to explore Windsor Terrace with the magic public transportation, do it now, while you still can. more ›

Finally, a reason to be grateful that the G train is, shall we say, speed challenged. Yesterday morning at 7 a.m. a blind man in his 60s fell into the tracks at the Church Avenue/McDonald Avenue station after mistakenly thinking the train had stopped. Miraculously, however, because the train was so slow getting into the station he was able to quickly roll under the platform and avoid harm. "I’m sure he was scared out of his mind," one construction worker who helped retrieve him, told the Post. "But I don’t even think he had a cut or a bruise...He’s extremely lucky." more ›

A man is suing the MTA over an April 2010 commute that left him with a broken arm—because he had to break it because his arm was stuck in a G train's doors and he was being dragged along the Classon Avenue station platform. Jonathan Lynn told the Daily News, "I didn't think it was real. \[I thought\] the door's going to open, he's going to stop, he's going to hear me. I bounced off one of the pillars, hit my head and that's the extent of my memory." more ›

Say your prayers, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, Park Slope, Gowanus, and Windsor Terrace: This weekend the F and G trains will meet their maker. The long-dreaded project to rehabilitate the nearly century-old Culver Viaduct is now entering its FML phase, and F and G train service will be suspended in parts of Brooklyn that don't have many convenient subway alternatives. Starting tonight at 11:30 p.m. and continuing through Monday at 5 a.m., the F will stop running between Jay Street-MetroTech and 18th Avenue, and the G will be suspended between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets and Church Avenue. more ›

Last weekend, the MTA had planned to suspend F and G train service between Jay Street-MetroTech and Church Avenue in Brooklyn. But at the last minute, post-traumatic snow phobia gave local residents a reprieve, and the work was rescheduled to... this weekend! From 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, January 17th, free shuttle buses will replace F and G service between those two stops. An MTA spokesperson explains that the subway service is being suspended because they just like messing with your head. Kidding, it's for a really important reason! more ›

Just after 1:30 a.m., there were reports of delays on the G train due to a police investigation at the Classon Avenue station. A reader told us, "I was riding a G train on the south bound side just after 1:30am when it came to a screeching halt halfway into the Classon Ave Station. Directly in front of me out the opposite window was a male sprawled out at the very edge and back end of the platform, his feet, legs and bottom half of his torso visible from the train window, his upper torso, legs, and head invisible from that vantage point." more ›

Police and reporters are slowly piecing together the story behind the double-stabbing and suicide attempt that snarled mass transit this morning. The 31-year-old alleged assailant, Ryan Devaney, had a history of fighting with his parents according to neighbors, had been "in and out of institutions" and often fought loudly with his family. more ›

This may explain some of the train delays today: The police were investigating a customer injury that caused delays on the F and the G lines. It appears that someone jumped in front of a train at the 15th Street/Prospect Park station in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn. Trains should be running again now. The condition of the victim is unclear, but we're hearing that he may have stabbed two people before jumping in front of the train. Update below. more ›

We all know the G Train certainly has its fair share of service issues every weekend, and almost definitely does not care about you. But that doesn't mean that its conductors aren't trying to do their part to make your late night schlep home a bit more enjoyable. Which would explain this conductor's movie-commercial-voiceover vocal magic that one straphanger caught on video at the Bergen street stop last night. We'd take this over that abrasive robot lady any day. more ›

The G train may just be a mere puppet under the control of the MTA, but this is probably what it would say to you if its transit Svengali could figure out how to stick a hand up its caboose and make it talk. Straphangers, the G train will now "show up if and when we feel like it." (Oh and P.S., the transit overlords are still raising fares.) [via @rcwellington] more ›

An off-duty cop managed to quickly save a woman set on killing herself after she jumped onto the subway tracks at the Fulton Street G station last night. The woman allegedly asked Officer James Deligio to point out the third rail to her, and he told the Daily News, "I didn't think much of it until she jumped on the tracks." Deligio managed to pull her to safety just before the train came down the tracks. The woman was transported to Long Island College Hospital, and will be evaluated. more ›

You might want to extend "Bike to Work Day" into "Bike All Weekend" if you live along certain parts of the F and G lines. Once again, from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, there is no G service in two sections of the line: between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Bedford-Nostrand Avenues, and between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets and Church Avenue. Free shuttle buses will run between Queens Plaza and Bedford-Nostrand Avenue, and between Jay Street and Church Avenue. PLEASE BE PATIENT! more ›

With rehab work on the Culver Viaduct continuing until the end of time, F and G train riders should just get used to headaches like this: From 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, shuttle buses will replace the F train between Jay Street and Church Avenue. According to the MTA, the service suspension will also allow for work on the Jay Street station and the construction of an "underground connector" at Lawrence Street station. And then there's the good old G train. more ›

Earlier this morning, train operator Domenick Occhiogrosso, 50, suffered a fatal heart attack "while guiding the train out of the Court Square station in Queens," reports City Room. The train stopped because of its "dead man's switch." The Post explains, "Once he released his grip from the handle on the control panel, the train stopped as if someone pulled the emergency brake. The train can’t move unless the handle is compressed. On newer cars, the motorman has to hold down a bar with his foot, and on the L line, the operator must press a button every 30 seconds." more ›

In advance of widespread transit service cuts planned for June, NYC Transit is getting an early start by terminating G train service between Court Square and Forest Hills, effective April 19th. But the end probably won't feel so bitter for many commuters, because the G infrequently putters along that stretch of track anyway. more ›

After statistician Nate Silver (best known for his accurate predictions of the 2008 presidential primaries) ranked Brooklyn's Greenpoint as the fifth best neighborhood in the city, residents have felt everything from legitimized to confused. Silver rated each neighborhood on criteria like safety, access to transportation and nightlife, and Greenpoint beat out many more popular neighborhoods like the East Village, Williamsburg and Bushwick. One local teacher told the Times, “We’re on the map. I think we deserve even one, or two." But others weren't convinced they deserved such a high spot. 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 ›

[UPDATE BELOW] Oh why even bother anymore? It looks like this weekend's G train suspension is starting the weekend early (does this mean we can start the drinking early?). A tipster writes: "My girlfriend just informed me via text that there's a broken track somewhere on the G line and they just got let out at the Bedford-Nostrand stop with no signs of shuttle-buses or other replacement-service options. Looks like the G will never run again at this rate." And the MTA website confirms: more ›

If you're one of those frustrated, embittered souls who endure the G train, you no doubt recall that service on the green line was "only" supposed to be suspended on weekends through February 8th. But then the MTA panicked about the nosnowpocalypse, preemptively canceling the suspension on what was ostensibly the final weekend of work (to remove asbestos from the Greenpoint Ave station, among other things). So we weren't shocked to see the G suspended again last weekend, and assumed it was just to "make up" for the lost weekend. But surely the G is finally crawling back this weekend? more ›

The wackiness surrounding this weekend’s G Train service (no it won’t run, yes it will) is sure to make for lots of memorable moments, none better than this one we were tipped off to via Twitter. It’s audio someone recorded of the station stop announcements, performed (and I do mean performed) by one very classy motorman on the green snail line. “My 4am G Train voyage from Smith/9th to Metro was made beautiful thanks to this,” wrote the audio engineer on Poorly Washed Silverware. Listen here. more ›

We're halfway through the G train's month-long disappearance on weekends, and naturally there have been horror stories of inconvenient commutes by shuttle bus to under-served parts of Brooklyn and Queens. That Greenpoint blog New York Shitty published a photo series of forsaken commuters waiting for the shuttle bus in Williamsburg, calling it "Waiting for G(odot)," with a dedication to the MTA. And another blogger described an annoying ride on packed shuttle that passed her usual stop by half a block. Nightmare! But not everyone misses the G train, and some wish it would stay disappeared for good. more ›

Gee, this sucks: Starting, um, tomorrow, the G train will be suspended on four consecutive weekends, from 10:30 p.m. on Friday until 5 a.m. on Monday, during January 15-18, January 22-25, January 29-February 1 and February 5-8. But don't despair, there will be free shuttle buses! Weeee! And if you're stuck in Long Island City or Greenpoint (there are worse fates) you've also got the fancy new B62 bus at your service. But why mercilessly yank the G now, in the dead of winter, MTA? more ›

A reader emailed, "Just thought I'd let you know that the F/G is yet again a hot mess this morning, making the commute a nightmare." According to the NYC Transit Alert page, there's "a rail condition at the Church Avenue Station," which means "no G train service in both directions between the Bergen Street Station and the Church Avenue Station...Jamaica-bound F trains are terminating at the Church Avenue Station. Select Coney Island-bound F trains are terminating at the Bergen Street Station. Select Jamaica-bound F trains will run on the D line between the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station and the West 4th Street-Washington Square Station." more ›

The police have released an image of a man accused of exposing and fondling himself to a young woman. According to the Daily News, "The sicko sat across from the teen on a Queens-bound G train at the Woodhaven Blvd. station in Elmhurst on Nov. 7 at about 3a.m., cops said. He allegedly stared at the victim and pleasured himself. The woman bolted from the train when the doors opened and boarded a Brooklyn-bound train out of the station, police said." The suspect is "described as a 5-foot-11 black male between 30 and 40 years old. He was last seen wearing a white jacket, dark pants and a blue stocking hat with white trim." Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: Call 1-800-577-TIPS, text CRIMES and then enter TIP577, or visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com. more ›

Miss G Train has officially been crowned. Last Thursday the City Reliquary held their pageant for the line, and fittingly the evening was met with some hold ups — the Brooklyn Paper reports that one judge was delayed, and two contestants never even showed up. more ›

Service from the 7th Avenue subway station in Park Slope was stopped for a police investigation. It turns out that one person was fatally struck by a Queens-bound G train. more ›