An old subway newsstand has been reinvented as an NYPD outpost on a platform at the West Fourth Street station in Manhattan.
Uniformed police officers and National Guard members are now stationed by the former newsstand on the northbound platform of the A, C, E lines at the underground complex that had the highest number of “track intrusion incidents” in the system in 2021. That’s when people trespassed 29 times onto the tracks there, according to MTA data.
“If the cops are going to be there for a purpose and not just pick and choose what crimes they’re going to fight, then I don’t see a problem with that,” said Carlos Jones, 60, of Brooklyn, who was commuting through the station Tuesday morning. “The feeling of being safe is a good one, too.”…