An MTA track worker scared off a man who was raping a 36-year-old woman on the tracks at the Bowery J subway station at Delancey Street on Wednesday. Police say the suspect targeted the woman who got off a train around 1 a.m.: The [victim] was on an escalator when 29-year-old Michael Torres grabbed her around the neck, covered her mouth and told her not to scream. He then dragged her to the end of the platform, threw her on the tracks and sexually assaulted her." more ›

West Siders? It is almost your turn to curse the MTA for a few nights! That's right, the second round of the MTA's consecutive weeknight subway closures (a.k.a. FASTTRACK) is almost upon us—and this time the 1, 2 and 3 lines get the pleasure of shutting down below 34th Street, Monday through Friday from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. So if you were planning on taking the train back uptown after a nice romantic Village Valentine's dinner, well...be prepared to cab it home, because platforms are going to start closing before 10 p.m. But, hey! Progress! more ›

A group of straphangers who were stranded on an A train for eight hours overnight during the 2010 Christmas blizzard should take their legal complaint to the pearly gates, says the MTA. In a response to a lawsuit filed by several of the passengers, the MTA is blaming God in their defense. According to a court filing obtained by the Post, transit lawyers are arguing that "employees were confronted with an emergency situation by virtue of an Act of God." Please be patient, for the Lord moves in mysterious ways due to an earlier incident. more ›

Given the massive crowds expected downtown tomorrow to celebrate the New York Giant's Super Bowl win, the MTA has issued a press release instructing fans on what subway stations to use, as well as which ones to "avoid." According to the MTA, these because of the anticipated mob scene, these stations will be bypassed starting at 10 a.m.: The Fulton Street 4/5, the Fulton Street A/C, the Wall Street 4/5, the City Hall R, and the Chambers Street-WTC (the E will discharge customers at Canal Street, A and C will bypass). Please make a note of it, and if you are insane plan to be there, here's which stations the MTA recommends using: more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] This YouTube video has it all: a highly intoxicated person, an unsteady documenter, very little information, no closure, and an MGMT soundtrack. The footage was uploaded last night, and we've contacted the uploader to get more details about the scenario. But until we hear back, let's discuss: should the fellow straphangers have made more of a hands-on effort to help this guy out? Or were they all (except for the MTA worker who has a brief interaction with him) too drunk from the big game, too? more ›

An unidentified middle-aged man died after a fire engulfed an unused room in the Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street F station. MTA officials believe the man was living in the room, which is located about 150 feet from one of the F train platforms. Firefighters were called to the station around 8:30 last night to investigate reports of smoke in the station. They soon traced the smoke to the room, which the MTA says had been used for communications. more ›

For the second time in a week, future president Newt Gingrich blasted the out-of-touch snobs who use our city's subway system. Like most Americans, you've probably never been able to afford a trip on the subway, as it is the exclusive domain of Champagne-sipping dandies who love nothing more than to luxuriate in the MTA's Gilded Age-opulence. But from what we've heard, it's like entering another dimension of sophistication and enchantment, where only the most glamorous citizens ride gold-leaf locomotives along shimmering silver tracks winding through wondrous subterranean cathedrals that none of you lickspittles posses the refinement to appreciate. Populist everyman Gingrich gets this, and today he told a crowd of real Americans in Las Vegas that these "elites" in Manhattan who live in high rises and "ride the subway" are killing this proud nation. more ›

In the wake of the alleged Whitehall station subway pervert, Gawker received an account of one woman's experience having a guy apparently pleasure himself while watching her on a train. And she has video. more ›

The subway's a great way to get things done, whether its clipping your nails, licking your shoes, or eating noodles. So why not use that precious time to have your lady friend give you a buzz cut? After all, if you wait until you reach your destination, there's just going to be more hair to shave. You don't want to wind up looking like some dirty hippie when you get off the train at Jamaica Center, so nip that new growth in the bud and break out the hair trimmers, like this productive couple! more ›

A reader emailed us this morning with an account of what sounds like a horrible morning commute: While awaiting her train at 8:30 a.m. today, she says she saw a man pleasuring himself. more ›

The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign today issued its first-ever “State of the Station Platforms” survey, which looked at 250 subway platforms at 120 randomly-selected stations in the transit system. (You can see which ones in the full report below, but they account for 28% of the entire system.) The survey, conducted by interns and staff last summer, homed in on 12 subway platform conditions, such as rats, graffiti, water damage, missing tiles, and overflowing garbage cans. But it's what they didn't find that may shock you: just ONE overflowing garbage can was observed during the survey! At press time, it was unclear how many of the interns performing the inspections were legally blind. more ›

One of this season's greatest Saturday Night Live sketches was when they paid notice Adele's "Someone Like You," and its ability to make everyone cry (video). So naturally, when this subway performer at 86th Street beautifully belted out the tune, it got a lot of attention. He even tells the crowd afterwards: "I tell you, if you ever see someone do that song and they don't drop a tear, don't give 'em shit, don't give 'em nothin', because that song is nothin' but love." Watch below, and make sure you've got a Kleenex handy. more ›

A man was recently spotted on a crowded 4 train selling month old puppies out of a bag. The Chihuahuas were being hawked for $250 to $300, depending on if they were male or female, and the salesman notes that this is a cheap price because they usually go for 600 bucks. The straphangers ooh'd and ahh'd over the puppies, of which he had five (there were six, but one got "smothered"). more ›

In the wake of some optimistic NY lawmakers' proposed bill to ban food on subways, we thought we'd share the video that's been sparking tensions between Hong Kong residents and mainland Chinese visitors. While it's not as knockdown and drag-out as the infamous NYC subway spaghetti fight, it does get pretty tense—because Hong Kong's subway system, the MTR, prohibits food on its rather immaculate trains—and one Hong Kong rider gets upset at a Chinese girl who spilled some dry noodles on the train floor. The girl's mother says, it's not a big deal... and then all hell breaks loose. more ›

A major part of the reasoning behind the proposal to ban food on the subway currently in the State Senate is that your leftovers are many rats main courses. So what better time to sit back and watch some videos of rats hanging out in subway stations, chilling out and taking their people food for a stroll? more ›

Normally putting your feet up (or god forbid standing on) the seats on the subway is totally verboten. But when a giant rat has decided to hop on the R train to Brooklyn with you? Understandable! Sit back and watch as another train full of humans freaks out over a rodent rail rider: more ›

A Brooklyn woman is suing the MTA for $50 million, alleging that they could have done more to find her son, who was killed when a train hit him on the tracks near the Newkirk subway station. The victim's sister Yunette Rowe told NBC New York, "He was not searched for long enough." more ›

Here's another good reason why farebeaters are running out of excuses for topping off their MetroCards: starting February 1, you will now be able to refill your 7- and 30-day MetroCards! WIth that innovation out of the way, does this mean we're one step closer to subway chin rests? more ›

Did somebody say transit strike? The contract between the MTA and TWU Local 100 expired more than a week ago and negotiations have (mostly) continued in good faith since—but that doesn't mean they will forever. "We would never take a strike off the table, never," TWU head John Samuelson—who walked out of talks last Thursday in a huff—said in Albany yesterday. more ›