After a second New Yorker was pushed to his death in a subway station last month, a pair of local pols are calling for the MTA to take measures to ensure the safety of city straphangers. Sunando Sen, 46, was killed Thursday, December 27 when he was shoved in front of an oncoming No. 7 [...]
Once more, western Queens business owners could potentially say goodbye to a profitable winter. The No. 7 line weekend service between Queens and Manhattan is being suspended until the end of March, and many area business owners fear that this will affect the influx of customers they usually get. The award-winning Chocolate Factory Theater in [...]
A man wanted for forcibly touching a woman while she was waiting for the subway at the Queensboro Plaza station Wednesday morning has been arrested, said police. Around 10:40 a.m. yesterday, Andres Lara, 25, of East Elmhurst, allegedly grabbed the behind of a 27-year-old woman as she waited on the Manhattan bound No.7 train platform, [...]
For the second time in less than six months, straphangers in Queens and Manhattan will be without the No. 7 subway for multiple weekends in a row. Starting December 28, No. 7 line service between the two boroughs will be suspended every weekend until March 25 due to planned subway work. Trains won’t run between [...]
Man dies after jumping in front of subway train in Queens A man died Friday after jumping in front of a Queens subway train, sources said. The victim, who was not immediately identified, leaped onto the tracks as an eastbound No. 7 train barreled into the 52nd St. station at Roosevelt Ave. in Woodside about [...]
Mets fans will be eschewing the No. 7 train for the No. 4 and the D to the Bronx this weekend. The Mets face off with their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees in the annual Subway Series. Johan Santana returns to the mound for the first time tonight since tossing the franchise’s first no-hitter [...]
By Louie Lazar On the narrow streets of Kathmandu, the name “Phiroj Shyangden” is more recognizable than that of Bob Seger or Cat Stevens, legendary rockers who have both written songs about this exotic city, located less than 100 miles from Mount Everest. As lead guitarist and vocalist of 1974 A.D., the popular band whose [...]
An elected official’s plan for shuttle bus service during the No. 7 train shutdown was shot down before it left the station. Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer proposed to the MTA a shuttle bus that would transport stranded straphangers directly from Vernon Boulevard into 42nd Street in Manhattan. The MTA rejected the plan, saying, “While we [...]
Queens residents that want to travel into Manhattan this weekend — or any of the next 11 weekends — will not have the No. 7 train as an option beginning at 11:30 p.m. tonight. Tonight marks the beginning of the weekend No.7 train shutdown leaving many residents without an easy option to get into Manhattan. [...]
A Jackson Heights politician is fed-up with the foul fowl feces that shroud the face of the neighborhood’s premier subway station. Councilmember Daniel Dromm says he is perturbed by the pigeon poop problem casting a shadow over the 74th Street station on Roosevelt Avenue, which hosts the No. 7, “E,” “F,” “R” and “M” trains. [...]
