Here’s the Ridgewood as the M train enters Forest Ave.

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On this brisk and windy Monday morning we thought we would start things off with a subway series. Yes, we know. Probably the last thing you want to see on a Monday is a reminder of your daily commute! HA!

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We have no comment, other than laughter.

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It says: “And so we beat on boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” Boy, ain’t that the freaking truth.

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We’re not sure if we’ve ever seen more and more problematic service changes on subway lines than this weekend. (Well, we probably have, but whatever…) In a lot of Brooklyn stations, you can spend 10 minutes reading and trying to figure out the changes on the lines you are trying to take. The L Train […]

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We got off the R Train at Pacific Street yesterday so we made a point of going upstairs for a quick look at what MoMA’s been up to at the Atlantic Avenue station. There are now MoMA signs everywhere and reproductions of 59 works of art. (Threre’s even a map on one wall showing where […]

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If you’ve been through the Atlantic Ave subway station in the last week, you’ve noticed increasing amounts of MoMA stuff around. There are things proclaiming an “art installation” is underway. The turnstiles now sport MoMA logos. We suspect the steel beams will be covered too, making the station look like a huge ad for the […]

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Why is the good stuff only in the G Train stations? Is it because people stand around and wait forever? Anyway, this is from the Queens-bound side of the Fulton Street Station.

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Yes. Yes. More snow pics. But they’re so pretty.

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[Photo by Kathryn Kirk] There was a mock “funeral” yesterday for the M & R trains, which face nighmarish cuts. It happened in the Court Street subway station. Given that service on the M & R is already befitting a Stephen King novel, the cuts would turn it into a Wes Craven film. In photo […]

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If it’s not one thing, it’s another. This morning at 10:30 AM the New York Straphanger’s Camapign and Borough President Marty Markowitz are going to be having a “mock funeral” for M and R Lines. Now, if that doesn’t sound like a fun thing to do as opposed to sitting at one’s desk or in […]

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Yeah, we did a “train week” thing last week, but when we saw this vid of the A train at 5 AM we felt a need to post it.

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This was shot this week at 6AM on the L train. Draw your own conclusions.

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Lets face it, our lives in New York revolve around transportation. However it’s rare that we take a moment and really see the landscapes and scenery that are the foundation of our travels. Be it a ride to work or a trip to Brighton Beach, sometimes we forget that it’s all about the journey getting […]

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Lets face it, our lives in New York revolve around transportation. However it’s rare that we take a moment and really see the landscapes and scenery that are the foundation of our travels. Be it a ride to work or a trip to Brighton Beach, sometimes we forget that it’s all about the journey getting […]

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Lets face it, our lives in New York revolve around transportation. However it’s rare that we take a moment and really see the landscapes and scenery that are the foundation of our travels. Be it a ride to work or a trip to Brighton Beach, sometimes we forget that it’s all about the journey getting […]

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[All photos courtesy of Jim Kiernan] We were hesitant to run this because it’s a little off topic for us (No Pants 2009 being a citywide event), but Jim Kiernan, the photographer, assured us that Brooklyn is very well represented among the asses, crotches and legs you will see if you watch this big slideshow. […]

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[Photo courtesy of nifty pete/GL Flickr Pool] It’s either an F or a G Train (we presume an F) in the Great Gowanus Metroplex at night.

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[Photo courtesy of nifty_pete/flickr] A really cool picture of the train as it passes through Carroll Gardens.

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It’s not just a ride on the F Train on a snowy day above Carroll Gardens, it’s a ride that includes a sermon.

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[Photo courtesy of Nifty Pete/GL Flickr Pool] It’s a train leaving the Smith-9th Station high above the Gowanus Canal and valley.

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[Photo courtesy of 66squarefeet] Uh oh. Those are icicles. The picture was taken today at the Bergen Street subway station as our correspondent Marie Viljoen was waiting for the F Train. First comes the ice. Then comes the winter. It’s fair to say that summer is officially over. Guess the trip to the Hamptons this […]

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The MTA has taken its share of criticism from the community for not informing people in advance of asbestos work. Yesterday, it actually circulated, via the office of Council Member Bill de Blasio, and advance notice about “manhole abatement” work that will take place at the Fourth Avenue F Station after Labor Day. We assume […]

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The Straphangers Campaign has rated the L Train the best in the system (and the W as the worst). “The L was rated particularly high for its regularity of service and the quality of announcements; the line, which runs from Eighth Avenue in Manhattan to Rockaway Parkway in Canarsie, Brooklyn, has seen its tracks and […]

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“Once the train finally pulled out of the station, the kid stood with his nose an inch from the door, faced away from the car full of people who’d just watched 3 kids try to beat him up…The boys kept hitting the other kid, so the man started yelling more and approaching them, other men […]

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