When subway-goers enter the Lexington Avenue, 59th St. station in Manhattan they are greeted by boundaries of spikes. The ...
Several protesters were arrested Wednesday evening after they stormed into a Brooklyn subway station, jumping the turnstiles in fury over the killing of ...
Several protesters were arrested Wednesday evening after they stormed into a Brooklyn subway station, jumping the turnstiles ...
Riders navigated the latest obstacle installed by the MTA at the 59th Street/Lexington Avenue station by just jumping over ...
“We might, in retrospect, have chosen a different model,” MTA honcho Janno Lieber said at the time adding: “We’re going to ...
At least five riders were spotted by The Post vaulting past the sharp metal barriers at the 59th Street/Lexington Avenue ...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced a new $77 million plan to clamp down on subway crime, while the MTA has also begun ...
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NYC subway turnstiles getting spikey ‘fins’
The ridges are meant to deter fare evaders from jumping over the turnstile.
Turnstile “fins” may be coming to a subway station near you as part of the MTA’s push to stop fare evaders. The vertical, metal “fins,” as they’re called, have ridges on the top that are meant to ...
The vertical, metal “fins,” as they’re called, have ridges on the top that are meant to deter fare evaders from jumping over the turnstile. The 59th Street-Lexington Avenue subway station in ...
The MTA is trying to crack down on fare evasion in the NYC subway system by using "spikes" on the turnstile handrails.
The goal is to deter straphangers who use the gate handrails for leverage when jumping over the turnstiles. The spikes were seen at Manhattan's Lexington Avenue 59th Street Station, which services ...