NEW YORK (PIX11) – 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 ...

The MTA estimates it loses around $285 million a year to fare evasion in the subway system — due both to turnstile jumping and to scofflaws entering thorough the emergency fire exit gates.

An unidentified subway rider wasn’t fazed by the visible spikes at the 59th Street/Lexington Avenue station, jumping right over them. Sporting a Rick and Morty sweatshirt, he carefully placed ...

Their first lawless act is jumping the turnstile. And many have rap sheets. Arrests are infrequent, but 45% of those arrested for farebeating in 2023 were already wanted for other crimes — and ...

The story has been updated. QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – A New York City Department of Education employee was accused of jumping a turnstile at a Queens subway station on Wednesday, according to the NYPD.

NYPD Transit officers recognized 27-year-old Amad Edwards from a wanted poster after stopping him for jumping a turnstyle at the E. 125th St. station in East Harlem Wednesday night.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced a new $77 million plan to clamp down on subway crime, while the MTA has also begun installing spikes on some of its turnstiles to stop fare evaders.

MTA tests new ways to block subway turnstile jumpers, ‘back cockers’ and more Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News Wed, February 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM UTC ...