Beginning in 2026, New York City subways will transition away from MetroCards to OMNY cards. Here's how it will work.

The MetroCard, a scuffed yellow rectangle that lived in wallets, coat pockets and the bottoms of tote bags for more than ...

Do we really need all that stuff? Shouldn’t they be fixing the subway stations? They keep spending money on stuff we don’t ...

When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity ...

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 future is OMNY, the contactless fare system for the MTA. That means you have to use Apple Pay on your smartphone or Apple ...

As with all major changes in New York City, the departure of the MetroCard has been met with mixed emotions—a heavy dose of ...

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

More than 30 years after New York City switched from tokens to the magnetic swipe of a MetroCard to ride its subways and ...

Fellow collagist Nina Boesch estimates she has around 90,000 MetroCards stashed in her West Village studio — enough to last ...

Zabar's is struggling to keep up with demand for its vanilla MetroCard cookie as the Big Apple grows more and more ...