Subway platform barriers arrive at 10 stations

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Thursday August 29, 2024 [Donate now]( [MTA installs platform barriers at 10 subway stations to prevent fatal slips and shoves]( [Riders walk by a platform barrier as an L train pulls into the First Avenue station.]( [The transit agency plans to install the barriers at one or two more stations per month through the end of the year.]( More Stories From Today [Construction workers erect scaffolding on a street in Manhattan.]( [Here's why NYC sidewalks are (still) covered with 400 miles of scaffolding]( [It’s about safety, but everyone agrees some of the structures stay up for way too long.]( [The Turtle Back Zoo entrance seen in West Orange, New Jersey, in June 2019.]( [Hospitalized turtles recovering after fire at Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, NJ]( [Five turtles were transported to a facility on Long Island after being treated for smoke inhalation.]( [A woman walks across Lexington Avenue at 125th Street.]( [East Harlem wants the 2nd Avenue subway, but opposes congestion pricing tolls to fund it]( [East Harlemites have heard promises of a Second Avenue subway for more than a century. The governor's pause on congestion pricing — a tolling program many neighborhood residents oppose — has dashed their dream yet again.]( [A photo of the Times Square NYPD precinct.]( [Former NYPD officer sues department, alleging he was fired for ticketing city employee]( [Linpeng Gao filed a suit against the NYPD and its Commissioner Edward Caban on Wednesday.]( [A subway car filled with people, some standing and some sitting.]( [11 simple etiquette rules for riding the New York City subway]( [Remember: bags are not people.]( [A bird's-eyeview of a New Jersey highway.]( [Extra Extra: What's stopping NJDOT from putting up witty highway signs? Not federal regulators.]( [Because those quirky signs aren't going anywhere for now, here are your afternoon links: a fire at a New Jersey zoo, a new training for NYC school nurses, Ludacris drank water from a glacier, and more from around the city and internet.]( [The Obelisk in Central Park, 1880s]( [Cleopatra's Needle, the Central Park obelisk, holds secrets we'll never know]( [It's the oldest outdoor monument in New York, and it holds time capsules that the Central Park Conservancy has no plans of unearthing.]( [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.