New York City is full of peculiar phenomena—rickety fire escapes; ... New York’s underwater subway tunnels are designed to withstand some leaking. And withstand it they do: ...

Two men were stabbed in the abdomen during a crowded subway train ride in New York City Wednesday morning, according to the ...

May I have your attention, please: These trains are delayed … forever. Between 2001 and 2010, the MTA sent 2,500 decommissioned Redbird and Brightliner model subway cars to the bottom of the … ...

Today, New York City’s oldest underwater subway tunnel celebrates its 111th anniversary of carrying commuters between the boroughs. The Joralemon Street Tube was first put to the test during the ...

When the subway cars debuted in 1964, they were a mechanical and aesthetic innovation. The stainless steel made the train cars lighter on the tracks, but this worked against them underwater.

For those readers not in New York (or even those who just haven’t felt a need to do any urban exploring), check out these pictures from the MTA’s Flickr stream that expose the true insanity of ...

See NYC subway cars get a second life as artificial reefs in a new exhibit Photographer Stephen Mallon documented the creation of “redbird reefs” from 2008 to 2010 By Amy Plitt @plitter Mar 18 ...

New York subway cars dumped off South Carolina's coast are still hanging on and providing underwater habitat. 20 years ago, SC reef system added NYC subway cars.

Brooklyn was particularly hard hit by rising water with shocking videos showing streets and subways underwater, and one hospital forced to evacuate more than 150 patients after electrical damage ...

An estimated 5.6 million people ride the New York City subway every weekday. William Manning/Corbis . The heart of ... When subway cars retire, they become underwater habitats for sea life.