NEW YORK (PIX11) — The Labor Day Holiday Weekend is quickly approaching, and the MTA announced that there will be plenty of changes that customers should be aware of. Generally speaking, MTA subways and buses will run on a Sunday schedule on Labor Day.

They’re a more financially sustainable way to dispense the grab-and-go items commuters rely on. For most New York City subway riders, especially in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, underground newsstands are often nothing more than a relic of history turned into prime real estate for graffiti and branded stickers.

Zuniga, who herself works in public safety at New York University, was waiting for a Manhattan-bound No. 5 train at the elevated E. 180th St. station near Morris Park Ave. in West Farms at about 1:45 p.m. Thursday when her attacker stormed up to her, she said.

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Heads up, morning commuters! The MTA announced that weekend repairs on multiple subway lines will continue into the morning rush hour, disrupting service. The MTA says crews discovered cracks underneath the track bed near 81st Street and Central Park West during scheduled weekend work.

On a recent August day in the subterranean furnace of New York City’s subway, one bearded, curly haired man was studying his phone for different reasons than the other wilting passengers—to track the soaring temperatures and ponder how underground train stations can cool down in an era of climate crisis.