On August 21, 1935, around 175 rhesus monkeys escaped from their enclosure after a worker supposedly left a wooden board […] ...

That hole "is a specific concern that needs to be addressed before we can approve the program," stated Heastie and ...

Many projects, including more reliable new subway cars, more efficient new LIRR locomotives, station accessibility improvements and signal upgrades to the A and C lines in ...

With millions expected to travel through New York City this season, the MTA and Port Authority are boosting transit options, ...

The idea is to move MacArthur's lone terminal north from its present location by Veterans Memorial Highway to an area near ...

Even when it was most used in the 1910s and 1920s, America's passenger train network displayed stark differences between ...

A car was crushed after it was struck by a westbound Long Island Rail Road train barreling through Central Islip early ...

Alexander Graham Bell, who was born in Scotland, invented the telephone in 1876. The U.S. government issued patents to him in ...

On Dec. 22, 1988, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City (NYC) Transit Queens Archer Avenue E, J and Z ...

Hempstead officials did a complete about-face when locals opposed a transit-oriented apartment development by an Inwood LIRR ...

Increased housing supply created under the zoning reforms could bring an estimated 70,000 to 97,000 new transit riders to the city's subway, bus and commuter rail lines—bringing an additional $224,188 ...

An "underutilized" pot of state funds could help lure more New York City residents onto MTA's commuter rail, according to a ...