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Overnight service disruptions on N, Q, R trains this week
Overnight service disruptions on N, Q, R trains this week
News Queens Courier Staff 4/15/2013 at 12:38PM

Starting Monday night, there will be service disruptions on the N, Q and R trains between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m for four consecutive weeknights, as part of the MTA’s Fastrack maintenance program: N trains run in Queens and Brooklyn only. Q trains run in Brooklyn and are rerouted via the D [...]

Service disruptions on ‘N,’ ‘Q,’ ‘R’ lines this week
Service disruptions on ‘N,’ ‘Q,’ ‘R’ lines this week
Central Cristabelle Tumola 1/28/2013 at 5:06PM

Starting tonight, there will be service disruptions on the “N,” “Q” and “R” trains between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m, as part of the MTA’s Fastrack maintenance program. The changes will last until Friday, February 1. There will only be “N” service in Brooklyn and Queens, and the line will operate in [...]

Man’s legs run over while sleeping on tracks of Woodside station
Police Cristabelle Tumola 1/21/2013 at 11:59AM

A man sleeping on the tracks of the “E”/”M”/”R” station in Woodside lost his legs to a subway train Sunday. According to CBS New York, around 4:40 a.m.,  a 26-year-old man from Elizabeth, New Jersey, was laying on the tracks in an allegedly drunken state, when a northbound “E” train severed his legs. He was [...]

Man wanted for series of subway cell phone thefts
Man wanted for series of subway cell phone thefts
News Billy Rennison 12/21/2012 at 10:30AM

Police are searching for a man wanted for snatching five electronic devices over the past month on trains in Queens and Brooklyn. Four cell phones and an iPad were stolen in the incidents that all occurred E, F, or R trains as they entered the station, according to police. The five victims were all women between the [...]

Suspect in deadly subway pushing charged with murder
Suspect in deadly subway pushing charged with murder
Police Cristabelle Tumola 12/05/2012 at 1:16PM

The suspect who allegedly pushed a Queens man to his death at a Midtown subway station has been charged with intentional murder in the second degree and depraved indifference murder in the second degree, said the NYPD. Naeem Davis, 30, who is currently homeless, but according to the New York Post lived in Queens until six months ago, was picked up [...]

Queens man pushed to death at Midtown subway station
Queens man pushed to death at Midtown subway station
Police Cristabelle Tumola 12/04/2012 at 9:45AM

Police are looking for a suspect who pushed an Elmhurst man onto the subway tracks of a Midtown station Monday, killing the victim when an approaching train struck him. Authorities have classified the death as a homicide, and have released a video of the incident, which happened around 12:30 p.m. at the West 49th Street [...]

Tech thieves targeting iPhones on subway
Tech thieves targeting iPhones on subway
News Michael Pantelidis 3/01/2012 at 9:22AM

Residents of Astoria refuse to be frightened by fleeing thieves aiming to filch their phones. Police say nine iPhones have been stolen along the “N” and “R” train lines since late December, with the most recent incident occurring on February 8. Five of the thefts have occurred in Astoria – three at the 36th Avenue [...]

Jackson Heights pigeon poop a persistent problem
Jackson Heights pigeon poop a persistent problem
News Michael Pantelidis 12/07/2011 at 1:41PM

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. [...]