The future is OMNY, the contactless fare system for the MTA. That means you have to use Apple Pay on your smartphone or Apple Watch, a contactless debit or credit card, or a physical OMNY card.

After 30 years of glitchy swiping, it's finally time for New Yorkers to get the subway experience that they deserve.

Thirty years ago, the newfangled method of paying for New York City’s buses and subways seemed like cutting-edge technology. Now, its days are numbered.

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,

The MetroCard isn’t dead yet, but some New Yorkers are already in mourning. Hundreds of heartbroken visitors flocked to a Brooklyn museum to pay their respects to the transit payment system ahead of its looming demise — as some city slickers refused to let the yellow cards go.

New York City’s iconic yellow transit payment, the MetroCard, makes its final swipes at the end of 2025. The last day for riders to purchase or refill their card will be on the last day of December.

After more than three decades of swipes, the MetroCard, a familiar piece of New York City history, is heading into retirement.

The golden-yellow tickets reshaped how New Yorkers accessed the subway and became civic icons in the process.

Zabar’s is struggling to keep up with demand for its vanilla MetroCard cookie as the Big Apple grows more and more sentimental for the soon-to-be-gone New York City turnstile icon.