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Guess who’s coming to town? Thousands of Santas are on their way through Manhattan in what has become a time-honored bar crawl in the days leading up to Christmas. The boozy tradition attracts revelers from all around the New York City metro area in an all-day merry celebration, stopping at dozens of bars up and down the borough. This...

The annual “holiday” tradition returns to Manhattan this weekend. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports. 

Known for informing riders in his familiar voice “This is the train to…”, Van Ritshie died at the age of 80 after spending more than 50 years in the radio and voiceover business.

Officials at LIRR and MetroNorth are trying to keep service as normal as possible with the incoming heatwave NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports. 

Police say fights broke out in the streets — and then gunfire erupted — as officers worked to clear a popular Long Island beach of more than 2,000 teens during what appeared to be a mass “Senior Cut Day” outing on Thursday. Swarms of kids from multiple schools had gathered on Long Beach for “a day of fun in the…

Police say fights broke out in the streets when officers tried to clear a busy beach of more than 2,000 teens on Long Island. Romney Smith reports.

The MTA said it will be adding additional Long Island Rail Road service for the New York Islanders home playoff games at UBS Arena Thursday and Saturday. Going to the game, the LIRR will add the Elmont-UBS Arena stop to three trains (1584, 1586, 1676) that do not normally stop there. Twenty-nine other trains are already scheduled to stop at…

News 4’s Marc Santia reports.

NJ Transit is banning beverages — all of them, even water — throughout its system the next two Saturdays ahead of respective SantaCons in New York City and Hoboken. That means no beverages of any kind, in any type of container, open or closed, will be permitted on trains, buses or light rail vehicles on Dec. 9 and Dec. 16….

They know Santas are on their way — but there won’t be any crispy boys or boozy goodies on the MTA’s sleighs. The transit authority is preparing for what is sure to be a raucous weekend in New York City, as SantaCon returns to Manhattan on Saturday. And because of that, the MTA is banning alcohol on all Metro-North...

The “Gift of Fifth” had thousands of New Yorkers and tourists flocking to the iconic Manhattan street for some holiday shopping. News 4’s Ida Siegal reports.

It seems that after a couple of years of not riding the subway every day, some people seem to have forgotten the unspoken rules of the subway. Now that ridership is getting back to normal levels, the MTA is looking to fix that