Zabar’s is keeping the crumbling MetroCard alive. Thousands of sugar-cookie-loving straphangers are swarming the iconic Upper West Side grocery store to get their hands on an edible version of the ...
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — After more than 30 years as the form of payment for New York City’s mass transit system, the MetroCard will always be remembered not just for its vibrant look but for creating ...
MetroCards will soon be a thing of the past in New York City, the head of the MTA announced Wednesday. "Everybody knows we've ...
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The MetroCard never got its due
On a chilly December morning, I descended a flight of stairs and entered the New York Transit Museum. Housed in a decommissioned subway station in downtown Brooklyn, the museum was packed with ...
The MetroCard will soon become an antique after three decades of service, transforming before New Yorkers’ very eyes from an everyday straphanger totem into a relic of subway history. In honor of the ...
Oh, what could have been. A shy and tech-savvy anteater was just a subway stop away from being the face of the MTA and its brand-new MetroCard in the ’90s, but was put to death before he was ever ...
NEW YORK -- New York City's transit agency is changing how bus and subway passengers pay their fares. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is phasing out its MetroCard in favor of something more ...
For over three decades, the high-pitched zip of a plastic card hitting a turnstile served as the unofficial heartbeat of the New York City subway. But as of Jan. 1, 2026, the gold-hued MetroCard ...
NEW YORK (PIX11) – The MetroCard is on its final journey, but it remains a part of New York. A pile of discards becomes more valuable as sales of MetroCards ended on December 31. The thin, plastic ...
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