The modern and well kept MTA Corona Yard has a feline trespasser. I watched with trepidation as the visitor came near the third rail yet this pussy didn't self immolate. Truly nine lives were with... (more)

Piercing the clouds over New York City is the 2014 Tribute In Light, the once a year commemoration of the horrific events of 9/11 2001. 88 lights were used to produce the twin light effect. On the... (more)

The American Flag watches over travelers below in the Grand Hall of New York City's Grand Central Terminal. September 11 is not only a day of remembrance of the World Trade Center attack on Septem... (more)

Even in Manhattan, famous New York City can be far away. Here at Dyckman Street in the northern panhandle of the island, you are further away from Times Square than if you lived in Brooklyn Height... (more)

An inbound 7 local approaches the station at 40th/Lowery Street on the elevated line above Queens Boulevard.

A Flushing-bound 7-train passes through the complex trackwork at the west end of Queensboro Plaza station, reflecting off an adjacent office building.

What I did on my Summer vacation, redux: After my first ride in the front seat of the Cyclone in 30 years, I catch this F train heading into Coney Island's West 8th Street station.

The brand new One World Trade Center has taken it's place in the ever-changing New York City skyline. At 1,776' it has grabbed the title of tallest building in New York City from the 1,250' Empire... (more)

Three levels down in the bowels of Grand Central Terminal in New York City, there is a huge barrel vaulted space that welcomes and discharges No. 7 trains. Clattering out of the East River Tunnel... (more)

One of the things I am finding on the MTA subway system is infrastructure that is long gone on the big main lines. Of the several subway towers I have seen, all but one were in good shape and I as... (more)

A J train crosses the East River on the Williamsburg Bridge. The suspension cables visible behind the train make for a unique scene given how uncommon rail traffic on suspension bridges is elsewhe... (more)

I think many people, including natives such as myself, tend to think that New York City is laid out on flat 4x8' plywood tables. I submit with this image that it is not. Looking west from the M li... (more)

Outbound from Manhattan, a evening rush consist of St. Louis Car Company R-42 cars built in 1969-70, is seen leaving Brooklyn's Marcy St. Street station while negotiating the crossover to the outb... (more)

One of the rare instances of rail service on a suspension bridge in the US, a J train rolls through the Williamsburg Bridge's truss causeway, crossing the East River into Brooklyn.

A Queens-bound J train passes between both old and new architecture as it approaches its first Brooklyn stop, Marcy Ave. in Williamsburg.