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 ...

Zabar’s is keeping the crumbling MetroCard alive. Thousands of sugar-cookie-loving straphangers are swarming the iconic Upper West Side grocery store to get their hands on an edible version of the ...

The MetroCard, an iconic piece of plastic utilized by countless New Yorkers to access the city's mass transit system for just over three decades, meets its demise on Dec. 31 at the age of 32. The ...

The MetroCard will soon become an antique after three decades of service, transforming before New Yorkers’ very eyes from an everyday straphanger totem into a relic of subway history. In honor of the ...

Earlier this month, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that the branded MetroCard program is coming to an end. It makes sense, since the MetroCard as a whole will go the way of the ...

Young members of the last generation of New Yorkers to use MetroCards have given the now-defunct transit payment cards new life by recycling them into quirky art at Grand Central Terminal. “It’s great ...

NEW YORK – When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems. Now, ...

After more than three decades of swipes, the MetroCard, a familiar piece of New York City history, is heading into retirement. The New York Transit Museum is marking the moment with a special exhibit ...

MetroCards were phased out of New York City’s subways and buses by New Year's Eve in favor of OMNY’s tap-and-go payment system, but there’s still one place the plastic fare card is welcome. The New ...

As with all major changes in New York City, the departure of the MetroCard has been met with mixed emotions—a heavy dose of nostalgia, some indifference, and enthusiasm. For those mourning the loss or ...