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

The New York City Transit Museum in Downtown Brooklyn gives the MetroCard a proper goodbye with an exhibit. The New York ...

The MetroCard is getting a second swipe at love. The iconic fare payment method is being hawked to amorous superfans for up ...

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

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 ...

For artist Thomas McKean, the New York City MetroCard was anything but mundane. He used cut-up bits of the cards to create ...

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

New York City officially retires the MetroCard as the MTA fully transitions to the OMNY tap-and-go system. New Yorkers are so ...

In an unexpected twist of urban nostalgia, retired New York City MetroCards have recently emerged as valuable collectibles, with listings on eBay reaching thousands of dollars. This phenomenon, ...

For old time’s sake, please swipe again.  Dec. 31 marks a milestone in New York City’s transit history.  MetroCard sales will ...

Nail technicians, phone repairers and artists are among those who say they use the iconic cards as work tools.