After more than three decades of swipes, the MetroCard, a familiar piece of New York City history, is heading into retirement.

This holiday season, the New York Transit Museum and MTA New York City Transit continue the annual tradition of Holiday ...

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 ...

We met the voices of the NYC subway on our nostalgia ride this weekend!

The humble MetroCard may have outlasted its useful life, but in its day it was revolutionary, says Jodi Shapiro, curator at ...

For more than three decades, lifelong New Yorkers and tourists visiting the Big Apple have shared the experience of a ...

As with all major changes in New York City, the departure of the MetroCard has been met with mixed emotions —a heavy dose of ...

The New York Transit Museum and the MTA are bringing back their cheerful annual tradition of Holiday Nostalgia Rides next month. New Yorkers will step back in time when they ride the Downtown Brooklyn ...

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 a blueprint for easier ...

BOERUM HILL — AS THE MTA moves forward on its next generation of subway cars, transit history enthusiasts can get a ride backward in time aboard a Brightliner. The New York Transit Museum presents ...

CITYWIDE — THE CITY’S SUBWAY SYSTEM HOLDS A SECRET DATING BACK WELL BEFORE ITS OFFICIAL OPENING ON OCT. 27, 1904, and a book released this fall unlocks the story. “New York’s Secret Subway: the ...