Weekend crews have been working on two tunnels — under the Hudson River and the East River — but engineers have found that damage from flooding in the 2012 storm was more extensive than first ...

Amtrak to begin major repairs to East River Tunnels Amtrak says the $1.6 billion project aims to repair long-standing damage from Superstorm Sandy that can no longer be put off.

Starting later this month, one of the four East River rail tunnels is going to be out of service for the better part of the next three years as Amtrak conducts repairs to damage caused by ...

Arriving at Amtrak’s East River Tunnel offices in Long Island City late Wednesday night, the small group of journalists, including The Point, was given an overview of the damage wrought by time ...

The East River Tunnel, owned by Amtrak and first opened in 1910, consists of four tubes linking Manhattan and Queens. Two of the tubes primarily serve the Long Island Rail Road, allowing its ...

West Virginia oversaw the tunnel construction and Virginia oversees the day-to-day operations. According to VDOT, Approximately 11.3 million vehicles drive through East River Mountain Tunnel annually.

LIRR riders were hit with delays and disruptions for the Wednesday morning commute into New York City. CBS News New York's Natalie Duddridge reports from Penn Station.

A drilling contractor performing "investigative work" pierced a hole through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel Wednesday, causing a leak that forced officials to close the tunnel temporarily.

Two workers die in a tunnel accident, which sends a 40-foot geyser of muck out of the East River. More than a dozen workers will be killed by the time the tunnels are completed.

IN AND ABOUT THE CITY; THE EAST RIVER TUNNEL. ITS PROMOTERS TAKE THE FIRST STEPS IN THEIR GREAT WORK. Aug. 6, 1887 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from August 6 ...