Out of control: Thief steals NYC subway’s main control stick in Brooklyn

The train was parked just south of the 86th St. station in Fort Hamilton Monday afternoon when a transit worker noticed the ...
Brooklyn Eagle

Thief steals master controller from parked R train in Bay Ridge

BAY RIDGE — TRANSIT OFFICIALS SAY a thief swiped a master controller – the handle that operates acceleration and braking on a subway car – from a parked R train in Fort Hamilton on Monday, reports the ...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

R train length rumored to drop from 10 cars to 8

BOROUGHWIDE – BAY RIDGE COMMUTERS, beware – the MTA appears to be rolling out a temporary change on the R line that could see already-crowded and infrequent trains shortened from ten cars to eight, as ...