{"id":376697,"date":"2026-10-19T09:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376697\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T09:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:36:10","slug":"lack-of-repairs-leads-to-dangerously-compromised-nyc-subway-shop-roofs-mta-inspector-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376697\/","title":{"rendered":"Lack of repairs leads to dangerously compromised NYC subway shop roofs: MTA Inspector General"},"content":{"rendered":"

Years of inaction left at least two subway maintenance facilities<\/a> with dangerously compromised roofs, the MTA\u2019s Inspector General said in a report released Monday.<\/p>\n

The two Bronx maintenance shops \u2014 one at the E. 180th St. Yard and one at the 240th St. Yard \u2014 were found to have leaks and structural damage that posed a danger to workers and equipment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unacceptable that these roofs have been allowed to deteriorate so severely that vegetation is growing and major cracks are visible, despite years of requests for critical repairs,\u201d MTA Inspector General Daniel Cort said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The report states that emergency repairs are already underway and the MTA has agreed to implement several of the IG\u2019s recommendations.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur audit recommends more comprehensive evaluations of facilities and better reporting of defects, and we commend NYC Transit for taking steps to correct these issues,\u201d Cort said.<\/p>\n

\"DamageDamage to the roof of the E. 180th St maintenance shop in the Bronx led to water damaging elevators and equipment, the OIG found. (Office of the MTA Inspector General)<\/p>\n

Investigators began looking into the roofs after they were alerted to conditions during a routine visit to the maintenance shop at the E. 180th St. Yard in 2024, according to the report.<\/p>\n

The E. 180th St. shop, where the MTA maintains cars for the No. 5 and No. 2 trains, had a roof \u201cin a serious state of disrepair,\u201d investigators wrote. Plants were seen growing out of cracks in the roof. Leaks were allowing rainwater to fall into machinery in the shop\u2019s electrical distribution rooma nd water had caused significant damage to the roof of the shop\u2019s mezzanine level, where transit workers\u2019 lockers and bathrooms are located.<\/p>\n

The damage was impacting work crews\u2019 ability to repair trains, investigators wrote. In one instance, the crane used to replace air conditioners on the Nos. 2 and 5 trains was deemed unsafe to use in foul weather \u2014 despite being indoors.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Investigators] learned that for approximately 15 years, water has leaked from the upper roof onto the crane\u2019s electrical bus, creating a hazard due to the high voltage of the crane,\u201d the report says. \u201cAs a result, employees have occasionally been unable to use the crane during rainstorms, and thus were delayed in replacing old or malfunctioning [air conditioning] units.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DamageDamage to the ceiling of the 240th St. maintenance shop in the Bronx caused parts of the ceiling to break loose. (Office of the MTA Inspector General)<\/p>\n

The report notes that the roof problems have been persistent, with a former head of the shop telling investigators the roof was \u201cin nearly the same condition as far back as 2014.\u201d<\/p>\n

Across town at the 240th St. shop \u2014 where crews upkeep the cars of the No. 1 train \u2014 the roof was in similar disarray. Investigators found that water incursion into the reinforced concrete was causing chunks of it to fall into the shop.<\/p>\n

Again, investigators found, the problem had been known for some time, with NYC Transit\u2019s Division of Car Equipment proposing replacement of the roof \u201cmultiple times since 1984.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conditions found by investigators did not always match the official assessment made by the MTA in it\u2019s most recent five-year capital plan, according to the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany inspections were completed by facility staff without specialized training in evaluating structural components such as roofs,\u201d investigators wrote.<\/p>\n

The OIG report states that investigators visited both shops again with leadership from the subway division\u2019s facilities department and temporary repairs were made.<\/p>\n

The inspector general called on the MTA to improve its facilities inspection regime and ensure that those conducting the assessments are properly trained. He also recommended the agency clarify the proper way to report structural issues at MTA facilities.<\/p>\n

\"DamageDamage to the ceiling of the 240th St. maintenance shop in the Bronx caused parts of the ceiling to break loose. (Office of the MTA Inspector General)<\/p>\n

For its part, the MTA agreed with all OIG recommendations. Spokesman Michael Cortez said a team within the facilities division was already undertaking repairs and that the issues highlighted in the report were being addressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cNYC Transit created the Division of Facilities to prioritize needed repairs and build in-house teams to carry them out, with employee safety central to that work,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cIts dedicated roof team has completed seven repairs, and a new capital construction team will address additional roof and structural deficiencies across shops, yards and other facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the two shops highlighted in the report, investigators visited seven other subway maintenance shops: the Cozine Iron Shop in Brooklyn, the Coney Island Overhaul Shop in Brooklyn, the Pelham Maintenance Shop in The Bronx, the Jamaica Maintenance Shop in Queens, the Tiffany Iron Shop in The Bronx, the 148th Street HVAC Shop in Manhattan, and the Pitkin Maintenance Shop in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

Both the E. 180th St. shop and the 240th St. shop are slated to receive major overhauls in the MTA\u2019s 2025-2029 capital program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Years of inaction left at least two subway maintenance facilities with dangerously compromised roofs, the MTA\u2019s Inspector General…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[85,267,9,24,264,10,12,56,63,65,64,608],"class_list":["post-376697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-new-york-news","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}