Ben Brachfeld is a freelance writer and transit reporter, currently working for amNewYork and QNS.com. With a focus on transportation and transit issues, Ben covers stories related to subway incidents, proposed subway extensions, busway projects, and other transportation developments in New York City.
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By: Ben Brachfeld
AI-powered weapons scanners deployed in the subway this summer led to the recovery of zero guns, with civil rights advocates declaring the project helmed by
By: Ben Brachfeld
Sunday marked the 120th anniversary of the opening day of underground subway service, which commenced on Oct. 27, 1904, with service from City Hall to Harlem.
By: Ben Brachfeld
The city's Department of Transportation (DOT) on Monday launched "Smart Curbs," piloting different uses of space on crowded Upper West Side streets between
The MTA says it is considering digging a tunnel underneath a Queens cemetery to carry the proposed Interborough Express (IBX) light rail line between Brooklyn
By: Ben Brachfeld
The view of Flushing Chinatown in Main Street. Cross with the light, wherever you'd like!
By: Ben Brachfeld
The MTA has opened a new intake center for paratransit customers in Lower Manhattan, allowing Access-a-Ride to screen applicants living in the borough without
By: Ben Brachfeld
A trains will not run to the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens for five months next year, leaving New Yorkers with some of the city's longest commutes with a bumpy
Early voting has closed in New York City, with more than a million Big Apple residents casting a ballot.
By: Ben Brachfeld
A trains will not run to the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens for five months next year, leaving New Yorkers with some of the city's longest commutes with a bumpy start to 2025.
Separate hit-and-run collisions in Harlem over the weekend killed two people in Harlem within 24 hours of each other.
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