The pedestrian was struck on the train tracks west of the Long Island Rail Road's Bethpage Station, the MTA said in an alert on its website.

Train operators at the nation’s third-largest transit system went on strike early Friday morning, upending the commutes for hundreds of thousands of people who work in and around New York City. The strike is a rare labor shutdown at a commuter railroad and is the first at NJ Transit since 1983.

In 2017, the MTA planned to close the L train tunnel below the East River for 15 months to repair damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. Just months before the work was set to start, then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo swooped in with a group of engineers from Cornell and Columbia universities.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Farmingdale on Tuesday to promote the state budget’s investments in Long Island infrastructure, tax relief and storm resiliency.

Long Island Rail Road passengers faced delays and cancellations heading to Penn Station on Wednesday morning, the rail agency said. On its website, the LIRR said a number of lines are dealing with ...

And speaking of gloriousness, it will soon be much easier to get down to the Rockaways than it has been all year, what with the return of A train service to the area on Monday, May 19.

The two tunnels pegged for repairs — known as Line 1 and Line 2 — are primarily used by Amtrak, which runs trains up to Boston over the Hell Gate Line that begins in Queens, and NJ Transit, which stores trains in Sunnyside, Queens. The LIRR, which runs the majority of trains into and out of Penn, typically has Lines 3 and 4 to itself.