Local transit historian and railfan Dj Hammers makes tons of great videos showing how subway transit works and runs in the City. In this recent upload to YouTube, Dj Hammers captures the newly-reopened mezzanine level at the Metropolitan Avenue G-Line station in Brooklyn. Check it out!

Here we see a freshly-refurbished mezzanine at Metropolitan Avenue on the G line. This mezzanine was previously closed in the late 1990s, but has been reopened. The impressive work was done completely in-house by MTA NYCT staff, who did a great job!

Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll is a new exhibition coming to the Metropolitan Museum of Art that examine the instruments of rock and roll history. This preview video from the museum highlights one of the exhibition's best pieces, The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards's 1957 Les Paul Custom (serial no. 7 7277), hand painted by Keith Richards, 1967.

One of the most important artistic movements of the twentieth century, rock and roll’s seismic influence was felt across culture and society. Early rock musicians were attracted to the wail of the electric guitar and the distortion of early amplifiers, a sound that became forever associated with rock music and its defining voice. Rock fans have long been fascinated with the instruments used by musicians. Many have sought out and acquired the exact models of instruments and equipment used by their idols, and spent countless hours trying to emulate their music and their look. The instruments used in rock and roll had a profound impact on this art form that forever changed music.

Catch the exhibition at The Met from April 8th through October 1st, 2019.

People looking for a horse carriage ride in New York City must now go inside Central Park. Carriage horse drivers decided to move Friday morning to comply with the city's new directive for them to no longer make pickups on Central Park South. New York City officials had stressed that while Friday was slated to be the day horses should move from their longtime waiting on Central Park South to just inside the park, no summonses were going to be immediately issued. Instead, drivers and customers would be "educated" about the new pick up locations. As the drivers moved into the park, they voiced concerns about the safety of the new pickup locations being built by the city.