[VIDEO] Check Out the Improvements the MTA Made With Their New Subway Car Prototype

As reported earlier last year, the New York City subway is experimenting with a new subway car design that will increase maximum train capacity by up to 25% through an "open-gangway" style design. Now, one of these prototype subway cars is tucked away at the Hudson Yards station in Manhattan. Take a peek in this short video from WNYC.

The transit agency has designed a new subway car with many features that will allow it to accommodate substantially more riders.

With First Snow Forecast in NYC for Tomorrow, Here's a Cinematic Look at a Blizzard From Last February

With snow on the forecast for tomorrow in New York City, we thought we would share this award-winning short film of a NYC Blizzard captured this past February by one of our favorite local filmmakers, Roberto Serrini. Check it out!

Winner of the 2017 One Screen Film Festival (Best Film shot on a phone) […] Shot on my iPhone5 on the way to work - Astoria, Queens to Union Square, Feb 9th 2017

[WATCH] Not That Long Ago, Staten Island Was Full of Family Farms and Vast Open Space

In this great video from Jan Somma-Hammel for the Staten Island Advance, take a ride through the neighborhood of Bulls Head, Staten Island, with a resident who remembers her family farm, and the way Staten Island used to be not that long ago.

Growing up on a truck farm and being part of the Greek culture sounds wonderful here in Bulls Head.