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Instances of train cars caked with feces, blood, vomit and garbage have seen a troubling rise since the start of the year, according to hundreds of internal MTA incident reports obtained by the Daily News.
The youngster was playing at the Rudd Playground on Aberdeen St., when he dropped through a grate leading to an area in the Bushwick Ave.-Aberdeen St. L-train station just after 5 p.m., police said.
Boy survives 20 foot fall through subway grate in Brooklyn playground By FOX 5 NY Staff Published Boy falls through subway grate A boy was playing in a playground in Brooklyn when he fell 20 feet into a subway grate. NEW YORK - An 11-year-old boy survived a 20-foot fall through a subway grate inside a playground in Brooklyn, according to FDNY and police officials. The boy was playing in Rudd Playground at Bushwick Ave. and Aberdeen St. in the Cypress Hills neighborhood at about 5 p.m. Wednesday when he fell. He did not land on the subway tracks. Good Samaritans helped the boy while firefi...
Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY The MTA’s signature plan to revamp bus routes has been stuck in the slow lane for over a year because of the pandemic — delaying long-planned efforts to speed up rides as the city begins reopening. Agency officials say the citywide bus network redesign — which launched on Staten Island Express routes in 2018 — will eventually resume, though the MTA could not specify an exact timetable. While Staten Island’s overhaul was completed nearly three years ago, The Bronx’s redesign was just about to hit the streets when COVID slammed the brakes. The MTA had...
As Ridership Ticks Up On Subways, Some Asian New Yorkers Still Fear For Their Safety arrow Commuters on the M train on March 7, 2021 Mary Altaffer/AP/Shutterstock The NYC subway system is arguably the most unnerving public place that Asian New Yorkers are forced to navigate during this period of rising bias attacks against Asians in the city. At times desolate due to a pandemic drop in ridership, the subway can feel at once confining and indifferent, a place where bystanders minding their own business may seem even less inclined to get involved in stopping an unprovoke...