# NYC Underground **URL:** \ **Category:** New York\ **Created:** [November 5, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673 "2021-11-05T22:09:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![streetscaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@streetscaper](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/streetscaper)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/41 "2023-03-16T00:38:44Z")
(The ‘baseless’ comment was in reference to sitting down) That’s all good, you took it a bit too personal imo so I’m done. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![ALC11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alc11/32/81254_2.png) [@ALC11](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ALC11)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/42 "2023-03-22T02:27:49Z")
It’s just a token booth in Staten Island getting a cosmetic refresh. > **[New MTA Customer Service Center opens at St. George Ferry Terminal](https://www.silive.com/news/2023/03/new-mta-customer-service-center-opens-at-st-george-ferry-terminal.html)** > > Staten Island commuters can now complete transactions that previously required a trip to Lower Manhattan. All current redesign booth locations are available [here](https://new.mta.info/contact-us/customer-service-centers). ---
**Author:** ![treebeard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/treebeard/32/173534_2.png) [@treebeard](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/treebeard)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/43 "2023-04-09T06:18:47Z")
Not involved much with the height issue - I’m quite short - but a difference to our seated tall friend might have more to do with torso height than overall height. I have a 6-foot friend who has to pick cars carefully because most of his height is in his torso and he needs more head room. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/44 "2023-05-04T21:18:30Z")
> **[MTA Announces Rollout of Subway Service Enhancements Starting This Summer](https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-announces-rollout-of-subway-service-enhancements-starting-summer)** ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/45 "2023-05-21T22:01:00Z")
What do you think of these new turnstile designs to combat fare evasion? It seems two people can come through one right after the other? I think these bad boys have graced the MBTA in Boston for at least two decades. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/6/a6f71a33b85349239a8c10d5fe7f15db1a9c4742.jpeg)](https://flic.kr/p/2oB6w3R)[Fare Evasion Final Report](https://flic.kr/p/2oB6w3R) by [Metropolitan Transportation Authority](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/), on Flickr [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/0/5062c36771d7b65efd6df49bc1cd5d5fad9d56a2.jpeg)](https://flic.kr/p/2oB5mgC)[Fare Evasion Final Report](https://flic.kr/p/2oB5mgC) by [Metropolitan Transportation Authority](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/), on Flickr [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/e/becc2918b732ac948c0c20411a3d24d802d56a45.jpeg)](https://flic.kr/p/2oB6w1r)[Fare Evasion Final Report](https://flic.kr/p/2oB6w1r) by [Metropolitan Transportation Authority](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/), on Flickr [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/8/d8ded220d1ad4fb841ede55bf6b79363cf7fce02.jpeg)](https://flic.kr/p/2oB1CaH)[Fare Evasion Final Report](https://flic.kr/p/2oB1CaH) by [Metropolitan Transportation Authority](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/), on Flickr [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/7/775a43554781b1af024e6e0dc60793a13555501e.jpeg)](https://flic.kr/p/2oB6SyJ)[Fare Evasion Final Report](https://flic.kr/p/2oB6SyJ) by [Metropolitan Transportation Authority](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/), on Flickr ---
**Author:** ![ALC11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alc11/32/81254_2.png) [@ALC11](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ALC11)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/46 "2023-05-22T02:38:24Z")
I think the gates look nice and really enjoy the LEDs as well, but I’m worried that it’s possible to beat the fare by squeezing behind someone before the gates close. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/47 "2023-08-04T22:27:18Z")
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**Author:** ![Enigmatism415](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/enigmatism415/32/134271_2.png) [@Enigmatism415](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Enigmatism415)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/48 "2023-08-05T06:06:13Z")
Restoring the Gimbels passageway will be awesome! Closer on the horizon, the final subway entrance at the WTC should be opening alongside the Performing Arts Center next month, if not earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/49 "2023-08-10T01:24:50Z")
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**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/50 "2023-08-23T02:46:23Z")
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**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/51 "2023-09-01T00:19:51Z")
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**Author:** ![ALC11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alc11/32/81254_2.png) [@ALC11](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ALC11)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/52 "2023-10-25T02:57:11Z")
> **[Feds set to award $3.4 billion infrastructure grant for Second Avenue Subway...](https://www.amny.com/transit/feds-award-infrastructure-grant-second-avenue-subway-extension/)** > > The Biden administration is set to award a $3.4 billion grant to New York to extend the Second Avenue Subway up to 125th Street, Senate Majority Leader ---
**Author:** ![ALC11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alc11/32/81254_2.png) [@ALC11](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ALC11)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/53 "2023-12-15T01:16:01Z")
[https://www.crainsnewyork.com/transportation/mta-may-retrofit-subway-emergency-doors-curb-opportunistic-fare-evasion](https://www.crainsnewyork.com/transportation/mta-may-retrofit-subway-emergency-doors-curb-opportunistic-fare-evasion) ---
**Author:** ![ALC11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alc11/32/81254_2.png) [@ALC11](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ALC11)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/54 "2023-12-27T12:14:31Z")
[https://www.crainsnewyork.com/transportation/mta-moves-replace-turnstiles-new-york-city-subway-fare-evasion-fight](https://www.crainsnewyork.com/transportation/mta-moves-replace-turnstiles-new-york-city-subway-fare-evasion-fight) Article is paywalled. Bypass it using an [archived version here](https://archive.ph/aaeWk). ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/55 "2023-12-27T16:34:01Z")
Asbestos from below ground? They are dealing with it as best as they can. > ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/56 "2023-12-28T14:24:45Z")
The rain is helping to wash anything away. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/57 "2024-01-05T21:17:14Z")
Twenty-four injuries from this minor incident? Yeah, right! “Ow, my back!” > **[MTA officials probe if malfunctioning brakes led to Thursday subway train crash](https://nypost.com/2024/01/05/metro/mta-officials-probe-if-malfunctioning-brakes-led-to-thursday-crash/)** > > At least 24 people were injured when a stalled 1 train collided with a northbound subway that was switching over to the local track. [![Imgur](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/e/6e549b06ce11ed04fa6f417bf5c95764e51496c7.jpeg "MTA Officials Respond to 1 Train Derailment at 96th Street") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/53442047547/in/photostream/lightbox/) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/58 "2024-01-22T00:36:48Z")
This is ineffective, looks like crap and probably cost a fortune to install. > **[MTA testing subway platform barriers at 4 stations in New York City](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/newyork/news/mta-testing-subway-platform-barriers-at-4-stations-in-new-york-city/)** > > They are in place to essentially keep people off the tracks, and its all in an effort to keep riders safe. ---
**Author:** ![chused](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@chused](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chused)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/59 "2024-01-22T01:19:50Z")
Yes. They are silly. In many of the Paris metro stations the have clear, thick, plastic barriers that open and close in sync with train doors. They are not ugly and actually are preventive of injuries. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/1/c11be365b84d2fd030d828a287a2ab61cf73000d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ALC11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alc11/32/81254_2.png) [@ALC11](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ALC11)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673/60 "2024-01-22T01:35:40Z")
> [@chused](#): > > Yes. They are silly. In many of the Paris metro stations the have clear, thick, plastic barriers that open and close in sync with train doors. They are not ugly and actually are preventive of injuries. The MTA actually announced they were going to install doors like those as a pilot in 3 stations a while back, but I’ll believe it when I actually see tangible progress being made other than a press release. > **[MTA moves forward with plans to install platform doors in three subway stations](https://abc7ny.com/nyc-mta-subway-barricades-new-york-city/13348197/)** > > The three stations set to be outfitted with these gates include the 7 train at Times Square, the L train at 3rd Avenue and the E train at Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue in Queens. > **[MTA Announces Multi-Pronged Efforts to Address Track Intrusions](https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-announces-multi-pronged-efforts-address-track-intrusions)** As for the barriers they are installing, they definitely look like crap. They could of at least gone with black or stainless steel which matches the aesthetic better and really won’t do much other than create crowding at the openings between the barriers when a train is discharging passengers. > **[MTA installs platform barriers at 191st Street Station as part of safety...](https://abc7ny.com/mta-subway-safety-barriers-191st-street-station/14347125/)** > > The 191st Street Station is the first of four subway stations to install the barriers. [[Album] NYCT Installs Platform Safety Barriers at 191st St 1 Train Station ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/1/c13c8525f534186bbdb634f551dd940a949323b2.jpeg "NYCT Installs Platform Safety Barriers at 191st St 1 Train Station") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/albums/72177720314206787/) [Previous page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nyc-underground/20673.md?page=4)