Transportation
Grim Scenes From New York's Flooded Subway System
Huge parts of the train network remain out of service. Here's why.
City workers are furiously repairing New York's train system, but huge parts remain out of service due to Sandy's mega-vomit of river water. Only about half of the MTA's 23 lines are functioning as of today.
Want to get from Brooklyn to Manhattan? Wait in this hour-long bus line. Need to get to Wall Street or Chinatown? Tough, there are no trains going below 34th Street because of flooding and electricity outages. The less said about the Long Island Railroad the better: It's a virtual black hole of service.