For more than three decades, lifelong New Yorkers and tourists visiting the Big Apple have shared the experience of a MetroCard swipe gone wrong. Swiping the transit card too fast or too slow, with the stripe facing the wrong side,

MTA alerted its commuters through a post on social media platform X this week that it would be phasing out the MetroCard, with its end coming at the end of the year. "It’s the end of an era: MetroCard sales will end on December 31, 2025 as part of our ...

Iconic New York eateries are saying goodbye to the MetroCard with delicious food promos for New Yorkers to enjoy throughout the rest of the year, the MTA announced on Friday. The MTA partnered with six restaurants and retailers synonymous with NYC for a ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – If you are 65 and older and frequently ride the subway, you may want to consider applying for a reduced-fare MetroCard. The reduced fare is $1.45 — half the usual $2.90 fare. There are three ways to apply for the reduced-fare ...

After more than three decades of swipes, the MetroCard, a familiar piece of New York City history, is heading into retirement. The New York Transit Museum is marking the moment with a special exhibit honoring the card that many say carried them through ...

The MetroCard will soon become an antique after three decades of service, transforming before New Yorkers’ very eyes from an everyday straphanger totem into a relic of subway history. In honor of the magnetic stripe card’s retirement, the New York ...