In 2025 the MTA celebrated a number of historic service records while also saying farewell to the iconic MetroCard. Here are some of the highlights of the past year.
[WATCH] Inside SNL's Iconic Studio 8H With Heidi Gardner, Chloe Fineman and Ego Nwodim
Today, AD is welcomed by Heidi Gardner, Chloe Fineman, and Ego Nwodim to tour the 'Saturday Night Live' set. 'SNL' has been broadcasting live from studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller since the show premiered in 1975. Over these impressive 50 years, the set has taken on many iterations, from a basement comedy club to the Brooklyn Bridge–always an ode to New York City. Join the ‘SNL’ cast to tour the studio’s current Grand Central set and see how the magic is made each Saturday night.
00:00 Intro
00:33 Studio 8H
07:40 The Makeup Lab
10:47 Wardrobe
14:14 Hair
18:08 The NBC Page Desk
19:42 Dressing Rooms
[WATCH] NYC Train Stations Are Becoming Malls
America’s grand rail halls are turning into luxury billboards on steel rails. Walk into Manhattan’s $4-billion Oculus and you’ll join thousands of people who sweep past Pandora, Boss, luxury watch displays, and marble floors every day—yet almost no one ducks into the stores.
Cheap PATH fares are the lure, but the real money lies upstairs where Westfield bought the retail rights for $600 million (and later another $800 million) to chase eyeballs, not receipts.
The logic is simple but staggering: One huge station can swallow the sales—or at least the advertising value—of dozens of street-corner shops. Grand Central needs $2.7 billion in repairs over the next three years, yet its commuter railroads are running billion-dollar deficits; luxury leases promise a revenue stream that tickets never could.
In other words, the future of American rail may hinge less on locomotives and more on whether commuters will impulse-shop a $200 rain parka on the way to track 17.