A Catholic priest descended 55 feet into a hole beneath Grand Central Terminal on Monday to pray for the safe completion of a new MTA tunnel to address crowding on the 7 train platform. “Our ...

Torrential rains led to flash floods that inundated multiple New York City subway stations and submerged major roads.

New York’s subway system has enabled the city’s spectacular growth. Its population more than doubled in the first 30 years after the first subway tunnels opened, largely by the development of ...

It was a one-time catastrophic event that city subway riders are still paying the price for. Sandy repair work won’t be complete until sometime next decade, at a cost of at least $4.8 billion.

“It’s a significant investment in the subway system,” says Laga, adding that the cost to install the systems at each station ranged from $600,000 to $750,000, adding up to more than $40 million.