When it comes to the MTA, New Yorkers are notoriously impatient, but this is a new one.
A woman hopped onto the tracks at a Brooklyn subway station and began walking toward Manhattan until police apprehended her moments later.
Dressed in red pants and a patterned coat, she trekked down the middle of the subway tracks at the Myrtle Avenue J train station with a canvas bag slung over her right shoulder just before 8:55 a.m. Wednesday.
straphangers looked anxious and bewildered as they peered off the platform to check whether a train was approaching the station.
A few minutes later, the daring straphanger was nabbed by police and transported to Woodhull Hospital, where she'll undergo psychiatric observation, police said.
he was seen talking with commuters who urged her to get off the tracks and onto the platform while she casually checked her cellphone.
Authorities said the woman walked a short distance, then ran before she was caught shortly before 9:10 a.m. It wasn't immediately clear if she would face charges.
Source: Woman Jumps Onto Subway Tracks in Brooklyn, Starts Walking
By Katie Honan | February 10, 2017 4:26pm @katie_honan
EAST ELMHURST — Snowstorm-induced traffic jams around LaGuardia Airport forced passengers and airline staff to trudge along the highway Friday to get to their flights, and prompted buses and other traffic detours to accommodate the chaos.
All MTA buses to and from the airport — including the M60, Q70 and Q72 lines — experienced delays into the airport as traffic backed along the Grand Central Parkway, according to the MTA.
Traffic also delayed the Q33 bus, which doesn't even go to the airport.
Southbound riders between Ditmars Boulevard and 95th Street, and 74th Street and Roosevelt Avenue, were detoured as drivers tried to maneuver around the gridlock.
Desperate passengers trapped in cabs and cars on the standstill Grand Central Parkway got out on foot and hopped a concrete median to continue their journey to the airport on foot.
Live from @LGAairport walking on the #grandcentralparkway because it's faster than a car. #traffic #lga #news @NBCNews @ABC pic.twitter.com/kPdfuzw96p — Melissa Furman (@melissa_furman) February 10, 2017
It's just the latest round of traffic snarls for the airport, which began to experience increasing traffic backups starting in August after the Port Authority launched a multi-year reconstruction project.
Earlier this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the Port Authority had released a request for proposals to develop an AirTrain to the airport, with the aim of getting more passengers to take public transportation to LaGuardia. Part of the plan looks to put a parking lot at Willets Point.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Wed Mar-01-17 03:46 PM
2. "that NYC pressure is real" In response to Reply # 0
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
6. "Runner up in the 2017 "obliviously white" awards" In response to Reply # 0
Right behind that damn Mercedes commercial with the 14 year olds going to a movie in a fucking blizzard is Brooklyn-by-way-of-Racine dummy that did this. So white.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Thu Mar-02-17 09:12 AM
8. "Haha.. those movie theatre doors woulda been locked" In response to Reply # 6
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Thu Mar-02-17 09:39 AM
11. "you better chatsnap that youngin while watching the same movie" In response to Reply # 9
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
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