One of New York City’s most iconic transit staples is about to be phased out. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will stop selling and distributing MetroCards on Wednesday, Dec. 31, officially ...

An exhibition reminisces about the yellow icon’s 32-year reign as the MTA retires the payment method for good.

The transit cards can fetch up to $5,000 on the e-commerce site ...

A handful of newsstands sell discounted MetroCards for the JFK AirTrain that are a lifeline for airport workers.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For more than three decades, lifelong New Yorkers and tourists visiting the Big Apple have shared the experience of a MetroCard ...

Plastic MetroCards that used to cost $1 are now being sold on eBay for thousands of dollars, after the card was discontinued.

As we've discussed in other articles, with the arrival of 2026, changes are coming to various areas of government ...

The MTA retired the cards on Dec. 31, 2025 to make way for its new tap-and-go payment system Existing MetroCards will still be accepted in 2026, though it is unclear for how long New York City ...

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 ...