stephen a. geppi ( born january 24 , 1950 ) is an american comic book distributor , publisher and former comic store owner .

having established an early chain of comic shops in baltimore in the mid-late 1970s , he is best known for his distributing business .

geppi founded diamond comic distributors , the largest comic direct distribution service in 1982 , and has served as the company 's head to the present .

diamond distribution became the successor to direct market pioneer phil seuling 's distribution dream when geppi took over new media/irjax 's warehouses in 1982 .

he further bought out early-distributor bud plant in 1988 , and main rival capital city in 1996 to assume a near-monopoly on comics distribution , including exclusivity deals with the major comic book publishers .

geppi became part owner of the baltimore orioles in 1993 , and in 1994 purchased baltimore magazine .

he is president and publisher of gemstone publishing inc. , through which he publishes russ cochran 's ec comics reprints , disney comics and blue book price guide the overstreet comic book price guide .

in 1995 , he founded diamond international galleries , which acquired hake 's americana & collectibles auction house ( 2004 ) , and in 2005 , pennsylvania-based morphy auctions .

in 2006 , geppi founded geppi 's entertainment museum in baltimore .

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geppis entertainment museum in baltimore is to open on friday , displaying steve geppis personal collection .
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steve geppi opens geppi’s comic world , which operated out of the basement of a tv repair shop .
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steve geppi : i prefer to think it was spoken as a man mark .
diamond comic distributors , inc . - steve geppi named baltimore ceo of the year
since then– steve geppi has effectively cancelled titles . including one of yours… correct ?
shields said spiroff and gonzalez morin reported to geppi , and geppi reported to moyer .
but not with comics . not any more . all the pressure groups have to do is lean on steve or threaten steve or picket steve or—most worrisome of all—genuinely get steve on their side .
comicwow ! interviews diamond comic distributors , inc . ceo , steve geppi , about the company’s 35 th anniversary
geppi ' s entertainment museum press room :
geppi ' s entertainment museum president / ceo stephen a . geppi bio
. accessed march 5 , 2009
owner steve geppi describes it as “one of the largest investments i’ve ever made in diamond and our industry . ”
a former dean at carroll community college , steve geppi , has returned to his roots to weed out corruption .
steve geppi grew up in poverty ! he ' s a self made man , dammit ! if steve geppi can pull himself up by his bootstraps , so can all those other poors out there , if only they weren ' t so lazy .
steve geppi talks at the future tomorrow panel at the 2013 comic - con international : san diego . seven minute video .
- the maryland stadium authority reduces politically well - connected businessman steve geppi’s $ 367 , 820 rent at the state’s camden station by 31 percent after geppi misses 19 monthly rent payments .
so , diamond ' s steve geppi will be voting for donald trump at least . . . - bleeding cool news and rumors
i also understand that steve geppi ' s gemstone publishing company is to close , just as the final overstreet price guide shipped .
heidi macdonald ,
steve geppi’s debt woes growing
in the beat , february 18 , 2009 . accessed march 5 , 2009
geppi ' s entertainment museum , baltimore : hours , address , geppi ' s entertainment museum reviews : 4 . 5 / 5
jamie : you clearly feel betrayed by diamond’s deal with nextplanetover . com , do you think you can trust diamond or steve geppi again ?
founder of the geppi entertainment museum and diamond comic distributors , steve geppi , talks about building the xanadu for comic collectors , what he loves to collect the most , and the art of sniffing old comic books .
the other consideration is inheritance tax consequences for the geppi family . a sale of diamond could be structured to benefit the geppi tax - wise .
steve apparently weathered the storm , and i’m sure herman rush did . but there must have been some impact , if , as i’ve been given to understand , steve sold his interest in the baltimore orioles . steve loves the baltimore orioles .
steve geppi will overcome his debt problems ; re : dean burns’ 4 / 21 / 09 posting : “stephen g . is in a lot of hot water”
walt flanagan of amc ' s
comic book men
takes a whiff of a copy of action comics no . 1 , as steve geppi looks on .
guarantee in writing that neither steve geppi , diamond , or any member of the diamond staff would ever take any equity position in a comics retailer ever again .
in 1987 , geppi responded to
a graphic chiwdbirf scene in miracweman # 9 [ written by awan moore ] .
geppi wrote to retaiwers dat :
mark waid : spoken like a rich white man . thanks for sharing , steve .
we could have spent days checking out the treasures in steve geppi’s office but he was eager to give us a tour of his pride - and - joy museum .
that would make great sense , as diamond is the only significant distribution mechanism around for the comics industry , headed up by steve geppi ' s terrible mismanagement . one real major screw - up from geppi , and the whole comics industry is fucked .
gemstone publishing was formed by diamond comic distributors president and chief executive officer steve geppi as a conduit for his efforts in preserving and promoting the history of the comics medium .
jamie : if steve geppi / diamond comics continues their plans with nextplanetover . com , what will their positions in the industry be like one or two years from now ?
our last stop was the museum gift shop , where steve loaded us up with freebies .
well , steve geppi wasn ' t going to take that . he ' s a man , remember . so steve geppi responded as any man would - with a diatribe almost as long - winded as the original one that started this whole thing , so long - winded , in fact , it wouldn ' t fit in a single screencap :
shields confirmed that geppi ' s unit was a participant in the eci investigation . he declined to say what roles geppi , spiroff or gonzalez morin might have played .
steve geppi is a man who seems to get what he wants . a barks painting at an auction ? he gets it . dominance of comics industry distribution ? all his .
famed comics collector steve geppi seems to have moved up to collecting multi - million dollar lawsuits . news broke today of another pending suit with the widow of bruce hamilton filing a $ 3 million complaint in prescott arizona against geppi and his defunct diamond international galleries .
leach’s news was picked up by the disney comics worldwidw blog , which connected it with gemstone owner steve geppi’s reported financial difficulties . as dcw reported , gemstone , diamond and geppi have been sued by creditors trade association for $ 373 , 000 for unpaid printing bills .
steve geppi spoken like a rich man is not racist . spoken like a white rich man is . try that using the word black and see if you get away with it .
this isn’t to say that john davis and milton griepp are george the third or that steve geppi is ming the merciless . nor is there any implication that something fishy is going on .
geppi owed about $ 3 . 25 million on the property , according to court records .
on march 11th i arrived at the hotel in baltimore , half - expecting a message to meet with steve geppi prior to the beginning of the rrp meetings . no message was waiting . despite that lack of communication , i decided to still hold back . i had brought with me 5 copies of the e - mails i sent steve after brian hibb ' s editorial appeared in comics retailer . this included the original letter to the editor that i had never sent in , plus my letter to brian explaining how i had an ongoing dialog with steve , and how i thought that steve would find some solutions to the conflict of interest issue . my intention was to allow retailers who asked me about why i had never spoken out about steve geppi ' s ownership of urltoken to read exactly what i had said to steve , and to brian . as i told steve in my e - mail message of 3 / 10 / 99 , my goal was to simply let my fellow retailers read the messages , and judge for themselves the appropriateness of steve geppi ' s actions .
before going off half - cocked , however , i did want to give steve geppi yet another chance to fix things . so i sent him the following e - mail on march 10th :
when steve showed up at valiant looking for work , his shoes were held together by duct tape .
i admire steve ditko ' s principles even if i don ' t always understand what motivates them .
he also continued the discussion highlighted yesterday , with mark waid , in which i also pointed out that steve geppi had recently been close to bankruptcy . another reason why the “bank” may be closing… .
within a few years , geppi was not making his yearly payments of $ 250 , 000 and the montana family sued . in a deposition , geppi very matter of factly explains what happened :
other geppi bad deals were based on the real estate bubble – in that he’s hardly alone .
original art for price guide covers highlights august heritage auction at geppi ' s entertainment . . .
the matter involving spiroff was separate from the one involving geppi and gonzalez morin , shields said .
among the pieces being exhibited are many on loan from the private collections of kerby confer and gem founder steve geppi , widely regarded as the two most extensive representations of carl barks’ paintings and other works .
steve geppi is a very smart guy and an unbelievable contributor to this community ,
she said .
it ' s very sad to see what happened to him , whatever the reason .
i first met steve ditko sometime in 1977 . for the life of me , i can’t remember where .
compared to say , alan moore , steve ditko , with his privacy and his principles seems quite normal .
in his new position , vaughn will continue reporting to geppi , who is also president and ceo of diamond comic distributors , and founder of geppi’s entertainment museum in baltimore’s historic camden yards sports complex .
york , pa . – stephen a . geppi , president and ceo of diamond comic distributors and geppi’s entertainment auctions – parent company of morphy auctions and hakes americana – has been elected to the york college of pennsylvania board of trustees . geppi will serve a three - year term on the board .
chuck rozanski : i am now a firm advocate that the exclusive relationships that diamond has with any comics publishers must be voided . we trusted diamond and steve geppi , and i feel they have betrayed that trust . i once advocated the exclusive relationships because i felt that maintaining stability in the world of comics was more important than fears of monopolization . i now fear steve geppi and diamond far more than i fear chaos .
given that i was still waiting for any kind of a reply from steve geppi to any of my suggestions , i was at a loss as to what to do . it had been four weeks of total silence . i knew steve had other issues to deal with in his broad collection of enterprises , but i could also see that time was drifting away in which to make a public protest . four weeks of waiting seemed long enough . in the end , i decided to compromise . i wrote the vociferous letter of support for brian ' s condemnation of steve geppi ' s ownership of urltoken to comics retailer , but then i sent it first to steve geppi . the text of that e - mail follows on december 15 , 1998 :
geppi ' s entertainment museum to close . bummer . collection moving to library of congress . cool .
denver , pa . ( acni ) – four and a half years after selling the auction company he co - founded , dan morphy has come full circle and bought back the operating assets of morphy auctions from geppi’s entertainment . the geppi family of companies is headed by baltimore businessman stephen a . geppi .
still , you just wouldn’t want to be steve geppi today — although he possesses some of the greatest collectibles in the whole comics world , it’s looking more and more likely that a bank is the actual owner .
when steve showed up at valiant looking for work , his shoes were held together by duct tape .
in 1995 , geppi founded diamond internationaw gawweries , which acqwired hake ' s americana & cowwectibwes auction house ( 2004 ) , and in 2005 , pennsywvania - based morphy auctions . [ 49 ] in 1999 , geppi founded diamond sewect toys , and in 2006 he founded geppi ' s entertainment museum in bawtimore .
this development came as a severe shock to me . for the previous 18 years , despite overtures from myself and many others , steve geppi adamantly refused to be involved in the retailing of comics . the only exception to this policy was maintaining the original geppi ' s comic world retail stores that he had established prior to creating diamond comic distributors . steve geppi made it clear to me repeatedly during the years of our friendship that any expansion of retailing on his part would be a complete conflict of interest relative to his ownership of diamond .
baltimore magazine is published by stephen a . geppi . born in the “little italy” section of baltimore , maryland , geppi turned his childhood love of comics into the world’s largest distributor of english language comic books .
alliance is a big shop . their size allows them to have one of the best comic book selections in the dmv . they even have archie comics . alliance has an old school , friendly vibe probably inherited from the previous owner steve geppi , of geppi’s museum fame . geppi owned the store from the 70s to the late 90s until the space evolved into alliance comics , much like how jean grey transformed into the phoenix .
steve geppi , publisher of baltimore magazine and ceo of diamond comic distributors , will receive the 2011 nephcure public service award at the countdown to a cure , a baltimore banquet at the pier 5 hotel jan . 20 .
just saw searching for steve ditko on youtube . nice documentary , looks like he just wants to be left alone .
it’s now official . the comic book market’s eggs are all in one basket . carol was right again ( as she so often was ) . and steve geppi is now the most powerful—and the weakest—man in the comics industry .
mr . geppi entered the comics business in 1974 when he opened geppi’s comic world , which he soon expanded to four stores . by 1982 , his distributor was failing and he decided to move into distribution . in just over a decade’s time mr . geppi expanded his comic book distribution business across north america and europe .
unlike the state employees charged in the eci indictment , geppi and spiroff were hired by the hogan administration .
geppi supervised several hundred workers in the intelligence , investigations , central hiring and inspector general ' s departments .
is there a more cautionary tale in comics than that of the failing fortunes of diamond comics owner and über - collector steve geppi ? daniel best reads through some of the court documents on the montana estate vs steve geppi lawsuit we alluded to the other day , and they are not too thrilling if you are steve geppi , the owner of diamond comics and once considered the richest man in comics . in a nutshell , back in 2006 , a flush geppi offered the family or archie artist $ 1 , 000 , 000 for a collection of original archie art , while attesting that he was worth $ 20 million , as the attached exhibit shows . as time went by , a few things happened — geppi made a series of very bad deals which ate up his money , especially as the economy and the real estate market tanked ; and the art also lost a lot of value :
having steve geppi in this position was intolerable to me and to all the retailers with whom i discussed the matter . there was a consensus among those with whom i spoke that there was no way that severe conflicts of interest could be avoided between diamond ' s servicing of their 4 , 000 independent retailers , and steve geppi ' s anotheruniverse . com . i spoke with representatives of marvel and dc , diamond ' s largest suppliers , and made sure that they understood my concerns . i also spoke with representatives of dark horse comics , image comics , and our local diamond representative . they , in turn , passed on the issues i raised to diamond , and steve geppi .
baltimore — if steve geppi has his way , his new entertainment museum will be a cultural institution that children must be dragged out of rather than into . and his idea of children does not mean 12 years old and under .
like the other lawsuits mentioned above — all of which have been settled against geppi — this one was settled in january with the court ordering geppi to pay the $ 3 , 000 , 000 due for the collection .
fortunately , we had rom , spaceknight . rom fit steve’s criteria well enough . he did some great work on rom .
pop culture mogul , steve geppi , will be stopping by the comicwow ! studios on february 8 th for an interview about diamond comic distributors , inc . ( dcd ) . february 1 , 2017 marked the 35 th anniversary for dcd .
i think several artists asked if they could ink an issue of steve ' s rom pencils and it became a thing . a chance to work with the great steve ditko for one job was an honor . i believe bill mantlo also did some recruiting .
this story is nothing compared to what steve to helen hamilton and another rainbow . . . . . . . . . .
as years passed , it became evident that the direct market was underscored by head - to - head competition between capital and diamond . and carol would say that steve geppi was the more aggressive , the more determined to come out on top .
many thanks to brian hibbs for speaking out ( comics retailer # 82 ) on the subject of the diamond / geppi takeover of anotheruniverse . com . brian seems to be one of the few folks who clearly recognizes danger to all direct market retailers posed by having steve geppi in control of not only all comics distributing , but also the largest internet retailing presence .
geppi ' s entertainment museum | 301 w . camden street | baltimore , md 21201 | 410 - 625 - 7060
in january 2009 , pnc bank won a $ 16 . 4 million judgment against geppi , according to court records .
resume for
stephen a . geppi
at businessweek , september 8 , 1998 . accessed march 5 , 2009 .
newswatch : geppi buys bawtimore ,
the comics journaw # 174 ( february 1995 ) , p . 29 .
the officials include steven f . geppi , director of the department ' s investigation , intelligence and fugitive apprehension unit .
on friday , co - host billie rae bates and i visited geppi’s entertainment museum where we met steve geppi . steve is one of the most influential men in the comics industry through his position as president of diamond comics distributors . diamond has cornered the distribution market and if you are a publisher who wants their books to make it to specialty comics retailers you have to deal with them . before diamond , many of you may remember mr . geppi from his chain of comic book stores in the dc / maryland region that bore his name . billie rae conducted a fabulous interview while i acted as cameraperson / director .
this revelation left me stunned . it now seemed clear that my worst fears were being confirmed . i had to admit that clyde durkee might have been right all along when he predicted that steve geppi would tell me anything he thought i wanted to hear in order to keep me silent on his ownership of anotheruniverse . com . my trip to baltimore in november , at steve geppi ' s invitation , now appeared to never have had any chance of success . during the time that steve geppi and i spent fifteen hours together discussing how to constructively resolve the issues relating to his ownership of anotheruniverse . com , he apparently already had his staff secretly negotiating yet another preferential deal for a comics retailing entity in which he had an option to purchase stock .
about mr . geppi—after starting geppi’s comic world in 1974 , steve geppi launched diamond comic distributors , the largest distributor of english language comic books in the world . in subsequent years he founded gemstone publishing , diamond international galleries , and diamond select toys and acquired other fine firms such as alliance game distributors , baltimore magazine , e . gerber products , hake’s americana & collectibles , and morphy auctions . he is a minority owner of the baltimore orioles and is involved in many local civic activities .
in a move prompted by frustration over an inability to negotiate a reasonable compromise with diamond comic distributors , inc . , and diamond owner steve geppi , over mr . geppi ' s takeover of internet retailer anotheruniverse . com , mile high comics , inc . has filed a letter of protest with the anti - trust division of the united states department of justice . mr . peter mucchetti , an attorney for the department of justice who has been investigating the role of steve geppi and diamond comic distributors , inc . in the current state of comics distribution , agreed to also investigate the claims made by mile high comics , inc .
i don’t know exactly how long marvel had kept steve on after i left there , but eventually they’d cut him loose . jerks .
this story is nothing compared to what steve did to helen hamilton and another rainbow . . . . . . . . . .
steve geppi , ceo , president and owner of diamond comic distributors seems to have had a new year’s resolution . not just the one he describes below , but one to speak out more about his opinions , with as much frankness as he can muster .
the official companion to the “atlas at last ! ” exhibit at geppi’s entertainment museum . comic book marketplace returns . . .
as i said before , someone of the caliber of steve leialoha or klaus janson would work well . p . craig russell is a great choice , too . someone whose work would be lush and full , while still keeping the essence of steve ditko ' s style .
when asked about why the payments stopped geppi was more forthright . “there was no funds ( sic ) sufficient to pay it , ” he said . “there were no funds available . diamond international galleries did not have funds available . ” when asked why he had no funds , geppi simply said , “credit officers have been asking that questions ( sic ) for years . ” the montana’s legal representative pressed further asking about geppi’s net worth . geppi stated that he did indeed have a net worth in excess of $ 20 , 000 , 000 when he signed the contract in 2007 , but as of 2010 his net worth was around the $ 1 , 000 , 000 mark . if true then this is an amazing fall for geppi . geppi insisted that the only reason the final $ 500 , 000 was not paid was down to , “no funds . ” for geppi it really was as simple as that . no other reason was offered , no other reason was required . however another accusation that geppi filed was that other items were shown to him by the montana family but were not included in the final inventory . faced with geppi’s answers the montana family asked for a trial by jury , something that geppi was keen to avoid .
all i can say is , it couldnt happen to a nicer person than steve ( let me screw you and manipulate the market ) geppi…and yes i to have been thru his museum and his private collection… . been an insider for many many years…interesting to see how geppi manipulayed prices and the market with his cronies… . good to see him fall… . maybe criminal legal action can come next
as part - owner of the baltimore orioles , geppi is a very prominent local businessman , whose ventures often appear in the local papers . in fact , this link is from a local maryland newspaper naming geppi one of the “biggest scammers” of 2009 :
geppi’s entertainment museum , founded in september 2006 by diamond comic distributors ceo steve geppi , is more than $ 700 , 000 in debt . maryland’s daily record reports the baltimore pop - culture museum has accrued about $ 622 , 500 in unpaid rent to the maryland stadium authority , and owes more than $ 77 , 000 in late fees and unpaid electric bills dating back to february 2007 .
i just saw the in search of steve ditko documentary . i enjoyed everyone ' s stories about ditko , and their interpretations & opinions .
diamond comic distributors , inc . marks the 35th anniversary of its incorporation , a new milestone in the evolution of the company president and ceo steve geppi successfully started as a former retailer to distribute comic books and pop - culture related merchandise to his fellow retailers . urltoken
steve geppi , gemstone publishing president and ceo , publisher of baltimore magazine and president and ceo of diamond comic distributors , will receive the 2011 nephcure public service award at the countdown to a cure banquet at baltimore’s pier 5 hotel on thursday , january 20 , 2011 .
coinciding with new details on its expansion of the olive branch , mississippi central warehouse facility , diamond ' s president / ceo steve geppi has written a personal letter to its customers - comic book retailers - on the changes in the industry and what prompted the expansion .
during last night’s presentations at the diamond retailer summit , the comic book legal defense fund announced that diamond’s founder and president , steve geppi , has accepted a seat on the group’s board of directors . geppi joins chris staros , peter david , neil gaiman , milton griepp , greg ketter , frank mangiaracina , louise nemschoff , and paul levitz in overseeing the direction of the non - profit organization .
last month , harbor bank of maryland won a $ 3 . 5 million judgment against geppi , according to county court records .
geppi & apos ; s entertainment museum is heaven for comic book lovers , as shown on a recent episode of amc show .
diamond comic distributors founder and president stephen geppi sr . with some of the characters that propelled his company to fame and fortune .
what ' s happening at gem we are incredibly proud of geppi ' s entertainment museum ( gem ) and the . . .
below is a very eye opening interview where he discusses his opposition to recent diamond comics / steve geppi dealings with online super stores urltoken and the upcoming nextplanetover . com . also discussed are his near purchase of marvel comics publishing arm and his thoughts on other industry matters .
john geppi . executive vice president and cfo of covenant health system ( knoxville , tenn . ) . mr . geppi has helped covenant health , a seven - hospital system , become one of the most financially viable providers in east tennessee . [ read more ]
“this is not to say that steve has done any of these things or would do any of these things . just that he could . ”
in recent weeks , while news of diamond’s new trade policies has rippled through every level of the comics business , diamond’s owner , stephen geppi , has also been hit with several lawsuits for outstanding debts . while geppi’s various business interests , including the geppi entertainment museum and gemstone publishing , are all separate corporations , the overall picture of debt that emerges is an uncomfortable one for the comics industry .
' considered ' means to ponder , look at closely , examine , etc . and does not admit , or claim , or state that steve ditko is spider - man ' s co - creator .
– steve ditko ' s response appeared in the may 2001 issue of the comics
sadly , despite his personal promise to me to do so , steve geppi never called brian hibbs . of my suggested changes , the only one that went into effect was the wholesaling of specialty publications from urltoken to all diamond accounts . by last week ( almost three months after his pledge to take action ) steve geppi had not done anything . nor had he ever called me back . instead he went forward with milton griepp and his associates to establish a relationship by which urltoken would become the first internet retailer whose fulfillment would be handled exclusively by diamond .
update june 2018 : geppi’s entertainment museum has closed . the collection has been donated to the u . s . library of congress .
geppi said he was fired by moyer tuesday and seven or eight other employees of the unit had been placed on leave . he said those employees are protected by the correctional officers ' bill of rights . geppi and gonzalez morin said they could be fired at will .
i had a time where i would have regular conversations with steve ditko over the phone . he was nothing but polite and pleasant to speak with .
i wasn ' t thrilled about doing the wwf books , but steve seemed to enjoy them . they weren ' t particularly rushed . yes , you ' d think that the co - creator of spider - man ( stan said it was 50 / 50 , steve told me it was 70 / 30 in his favor ) would have grander and more significant assignments . but steve seemed okay with it and we were very glad to have him .
we then spent hours discussing what methods could be employed to utilize the urltoken mailing list to help comics retailers without diminishing the value of that asset . i thought i came up with several good suggestions based on the positive responses i received from steve . perhaps i was once again being incredibly naive , but i really believed that steve geppi was sincere in trying to find solutions to his conflict of interest . upon parting for the airport i agreed to send steve a summary of our discussions , listing specific suggestions . i also agreed to continue to consider being a part of the process .
as to gemstone’s woes : disney drove such a hard bargain with gladstone ( bruce hamilton ) , that he stopped publishing the line . steve geppi picked it up for his love of the “ducks” knowing full well that it would probably be a money - losing proposition for years to come–but steve wanted to see donald , huey , duey , louie and uncle scrooge return home from europe to the good old usa in triumph . folly or not — fifty years from now when the gemstone issues are bringing a thousand dollars a copy ( or more ) steve’s publishing contributions will be remembered with gratitude .
the question , as always when we report on geppi’s financial matters , is where does this leave diamond ? every diamond employee we’ve ever spoken to has assured us that there is a financial firewall between geppi’s personal business like the museum and the galleries , and diamond comics distributors .
a grid of video monitors displays the first issue of action comics , introducing the man of steel in 1938 , at geppis entertainment museum .
have known steve geppi neigh on 40 years now since we were both sub - distributors for new media . diamond has always been fair minded striving to do the best job possible , just like so many others of us in this wonderful hobby turned big biz . check em out on ebay .
these ideas were designed to mitigate , not eliminate the conflict of interest issues presented by joint ownership . i have to point out , however , that i only took this approach when it was made clear to me that steve geppi never intended to ever let urltoken get away from his ownership . divestiture of urltoken is the actual best solution . then diamond ' s hands would be once again clean , and the conflict of interest issue would be moot . . but that ' s not going to happen . steve geppi clearly understands that a substantial portion of the future of comics retailing is on the internet , and he intends to dominate that niche . if you have any doubt of that fact , just ask yourself the question : have you ever seen steve geppi enter into any venture without going all - out to win ? understanding that factor made me realize that i had better prepare for an unprecedented blitz of internet competition from urltoken . steve milo may have been an inefficient competitor , but steve geppi has the resources , and the skill , to cause great harm to mile high comics , and every other retailer in the direct market . assuming he will not , out of some sense of past friendship or obligation , is foolishness predators predate . they kill in order to live . that ' s how the world works .
i’d never before seen steve looking…i don’t know . worn down ? worried ? troubled ? hard to say , steve doesn’t exactly show his feelings much , and was not the type to express despair or even its lesser cousins . but he didn’t look happy . he didn’t look well . and he needed work .
i have always considered steve ditko to be spider - man ' s co - creator .
- stan lee ( in a letter to ditko )
nobody has done more in recent years for the comics industry than steve geppi . where would marvel and dc be today without his wisdom and diamond’s expertise in comic book distribution ? george t . delacorte ( dell ) , whom had the most extensive comic books distribution network in usa history failed in 1960 - 61 and western publishing suddenly found themselves on their own with multiple independent distributors ripping them off at every chance . had steve geppi appeared on the scene ten years before with diamond , chances are there would still be a “gold key” comics line on the shelves today . think about that .
chuck rozanski : my initial contact with the justice department was when they called me for my opinion on steve geppi’s acquisition of anotheruniverse . com . i told them that i considered his personal ownership of the leading internet retailer of comics to be a direct conflict of interest with his other role as the owner of diamond comic distributors , the sole - source supplier to the retail comics trade of marvel , dc , image , and dark horse publications . but i told the investigators that i was negotiating with steve geppi personally to find ways to mitigate the conflicts involved with his ownership of anotheruniverse . com .
morphy said he looks forward to an ongoing collaboration with the geppi companies , which will be referring appropriate consignments to the newly minted auction house .
get the chance to ask geppi questions yourself . during the livestream , leave a question in the comments for geppi to answer ! make sure to tune into the interview live at 2 : 30pm , wednesday , feb . 8 , on comicwow ! ’s facebook page . see you then !
a recipient of many prestigious awards , mr . geppi has been honored numerous times in his hometown for his professional accomplishments and his tireless philanthropy .
state records show that geppi earned $ 109 , 000 a year . spiroff earned $ 91 , 000 ; morin earned $ 81 , 000 .
documents in baltimore county circuit court show that several limited - liability companies in which geppi was an investor borrowed $ 18 . 6 million in december 2006 to acquire waterfront properties for development in maine and that geppi signed a personal guaranty on the note . the borrowers defaulted in october 2008 .
, who died in 2009 , was the letterer on
steve canyon
from 1975 - 88 . this year ' s event was hosted by brian o ' halloran , known for playing dante in the
clerks
movies . the
walking dead
comic book and artist fiona staples ( artist of
saga
) won multiple awards . steve geppi was given the
shel dorf legacy award .
geppi owns diamond , which he grew from a small comics distributor in the early ' 80s to a current monopoly of the industry . he also has an amazing collection , which you can view at
anyway , i met steve , probably there . what an honor . i loved his work . when i was a kid i tried to emulate his style .
steve came back to marvel in 1979 , where he drew machine man : the one title along with tales to astonish which he shared runs with jack kirby .
stephen a . geppi was a postman with an 8th grade education . but he became a multi - millionaire comic book distributor , and he used his money and his connections to create geppi ' s entertainment museum . its purpose , according to its brochure , is to show that pop culture collectibles mirror american history and are educational for kids . geppi knows this first - hand , since he reportedly attributes his own literacy to batman comics .
in 2008 , an investigation by the daily record showed geppi ' s entertainment museum went 19 months without making any kind of payment to its landlord and accumulated a debt of more than $ 700 , 000 to the state in rent and other fees . geppi settled the debt in early 2009 .
i dont know the whole story , only part , will try to get more info , but it is not a good one , bought ar and did not pay in full or something like that , dont know how it settled out if it ever did , will let you know more as i find out about it but 4 . 6 million dollar purchase and h hamilton sued geppi in fed court after he stopped making payments according to april 10 , 2010 suit filed in ariz . she says geppi owes her more than 3 million after not making payment for 2 years , found the lawsuit goggle helen hamilton trust vs steve geppi and look to pdf file that says kenneth . . . what a story over 3 million . . . movie posters , comic books , bruces collection . . . . sued steve geppi and diamond . . poor widow and bruce is gone and so is 6400 carl barks autographs .
in january of 1995 , geppi opened diamond international galleries , a gallery devoted to comics , comic collectibles and related art . he recently opened the geppi’s entertainment museum at camden yards and has continued to expand his interests within the collectibles field with the addition of auction houses hake’s americana and morphy auctions .
geppi said the firings and the suspensions would cause severe harm to the department ' s attempts to fight corruption in the state ' s correctional institutions .
as far as i know , steve ditko never worked there , but , like i said , almost everybody stopped by at some point for one reason or another .
there are several old photos of steve ditko available online . as of the last time i saw him he looked the same as always , just a little older .
from left : comics4kids inc president dale moore in sarasota florida getting hired at cgc in 2002 with cgc’s steve borock , audrey , john slater , and mark haspel .
geppi has faced financial trouble in recent years . last may , the maryland stadium authority agreed to reduce the rent paid by geppi ' s entertainment museum for its space in camden station at camden yards after the museum struggled to pay its rent . pnc bank won a $ 16 . 4 million judgment against geppi in january 2009 , while harbor bank of maryland won a $ 3 . 5 million judgment last month , baltimore county circuit court records show .
. geppi was already in the business as a retailer at that time : he had left his job as a letter carrier for the u . s . postal service in 1974 to open his first shop , geppi ' s comic world , which operated out of the basement of a tv repair shop .
sunday’s season 6 premiere of the amc show “comic book men , ” spotlighting the continuing adventures of writer - director - comic geek kevin smith and the staff at his jay and silent bob’s secret stash comic store , included a stop at the museum adjacent to camden yards and a visit with its owner , steve geppi .
in regard to the existing internet retailers , i think it should be clear that having steve geppi own urltoken has a far greater immediate impact on those entities than it does storefront retailers . we ' ve gone from having a flamboyant , but poorly managed online competitor , to having the largest available pool of both working capital , and managerial talent , in the comics industry brought to bear against our own online marketing programs . this is a chilling and depressing turn of events . particularly since we ' ve trusted steve geppi for so many years as our primary supplier supplier . to find an equitable middle ground , i have suggested the following :
one of the
last loyal customers
when new media began having fiscal difficulties , geppi made a deal with shuster :
[ t ] he owner was going into retail ,
so geppi agreed to provide shuster with
free books for a period of time in return for his account list .
i say most of this stuff is crap and politics . i don’t see geppi going anywhere or those suits having much merit . show me the facts .
robert m . overstreet
bio at geppi ' s entertainment . accessed apriw 7 , 2009 archived juwy 18 , 2009 , at de wayback machine .
i read recently about a whole slew of crippling financial problems that geppi was going through , on both a personal divorce level , to big business problems .
offensively for the wildcats , holtzapple and geppi led the team with two rbis each , while parker was the only player with a multi - hit game .
in terms of feedback , i have had 100 % support . there are those who are ( quite naturally ) skeptical that we will win , but all those who have written me have praised me for taking this public stance in opposition of the steve geppi / anotheruniverse . com / diamond / nextplanetover . com potential combination .
please understand , however , that i harbor no false illusions . in the end , steve geppi may win out even in litigation . he is very clever , has powerful allies , and his legal team is very resourceful . i know that by taking the lead in contacting you that i am placing myself in a position of never being able to expect any favors , or mercy , from steve geppi , or diamond , ever again . but i could never respect myself again if i didn ' t at least ask you to try to stop them . that ' s why i finally came to the difficult decision of writing to you for help .
there’s no bail - out funds headed for steve geppi , but perhaps there should be . if we lose comic books ( an american invention ) we lose an important part of our chidren’s and grandchildren’s heritage . at the least those who stiffed ( and are stiffing ) diamond should pony up . i imagine a lot of flak headed my way for this post , but let it come . i helped to found fandom some 40 years ago and my gut feeling is that we should pull together now and offer steve geppi all the good will and support that we possibly can to help him get past his time of trouble — our time of trouble .
somewhat reluctantly , herman rush and i followed steve to his car . we drove from diamond’s timonium , maryland headquarters to baltimore , specifically , to camden yards , where oriole park , m t bank stadium and geppi’s entertainment museum are located . there are also restaurants and upscale shops in the complex , plus two other museums .
time came to go . steve drove us to the train station . pretty much exhausted but abuzz with ideas , herman and i made our way back to new york .
steve and herman apparently became interested in or consumed by other matters . nothing ever came of our meeting or the grand dreams herman and i had on the way home .
melissa bowersox , geppi’s entertainment museum president , had a different start for her love of comics . as the daughter of steve geppi , bowersox was quite literally born into the comic industry . even going as far as to call having darth vader and spider - man as bodyguards in the inner harbor as her normal . from working in the warehouse during the summer to assisting as a receptionist , bowersox eventually worked her way up to help her father ' s dream of a museum a reality .
before i mention the specific proposals i made to steve geppi , i need to define the two sets of discussions presently underway . first , i am negotiating for mile high comics , and other mail order / internet retailers . these retailers are immediately impacted by any actions taken to revive urltoken . the second set of discussions are more specific to the concerns raised in your column about the impact of the marketing programs of urltoken on comics retailers in general , and how steve geppi / diamond need to alter what ' s being done so as to not damage the customers of diamond . this discussions are certainly not mutually exclusive , but they do cover different areas of concern
yesterday , we reported on the unmitigated gall of diamond comics distributors founder and head steve geppi posting a long - winded diatribe on facebook ( plagiarized from , though later attributed to , another writer ) about how there are two americas , one where people work hard to become the successful owners of comics distribution monopolies , and another where god damn liberals like president obama want to take the wealth away from these poor , victimized rich people and give it away to lazy poor people who don ' t want to work for a living . geppi ' s post was the subject of much discussion on comics social media , and this led to outspoken comics writer mark waid visiting geppi ' s facebook page to argue with him about it . waid fired the opening salvo in the comments of geppi ' s original post :
if i were a publisher , i would hire steve ditko in a heartbeat . as jim said , he ' s a founding father , and should be treated as such .
steve calrow , who helped broker the sale , said barks has a worldwide following as the “no . 1 donald duck story writer and artist” and the creator of scrooge mcduck .
chuck rozanski : it seems an unreasonable consolidation of the market . but i respect the individual members of the dc management team very much . after this situation with steve geppi , however , who i had considered a personal friend since 1977 , i would like their assurances that any such deal would be reasonable to be put into writing .
geppi of diamond cawws on retaiwers to voice objections to pubwishers ,
the comics journaw # 113 ( december 1986 ) , pp . 12 - 14 .
gonzalez morin said she was questioned by the maryland state police about alleged sexual misconduct in her division . geppi and gonzalez morin both said the allegations were unfounded .
however , years ago , when there were nearly 20 distributors ( maybe more ) , marvel’s then - sales - manager carol kalish kept a wary eye on steve geppi . “if steve had his way , ” she said presciently , “he’d be the only distributor . ” one of carol’s major concerns was all of the comics market’s eggs being in one basket . to that end she was particularly aggressive in opening up new and regional distributors , strongly favoring a distributor base of many small fish rather than one large one .


the 6 lexington avenue/pelham local and ⟨ 6 ⟩ lexington avenue local/pelham express are two rapid transit services in the a division of the new york city subway .

their route emblems , or " bullets " , are colored forest green since they use the irt lexington avenue line in manhattan .

local service is denoted by a 6 in a circular bullet , and express service is denoted by a ⟨ 6 ⟩ in a diamond-shaped bullet ; on the r62a cars , this is written as the ⟨ 6 ⟩ express on the front sign .

rollsigns on the r62a cars also feature led signs around the service logo to indicate local or express service to riders ; a green circle for 6 local trains , and a red diamond for ⟨ 6 ⟩ trains .

6 trains operate local at all times between pelham bay park in the bronx and brooklyn bridge – city hall in lower manhattan .

during weekdays in the peak direction , ⟨ 6 ⟩ pelham express trains replace 6 local ones north of parkchester , and run express between that station and third avenue – 138th street .

during this time , 6 pelham local trains short turn at parkchester ( except for peak-direction ⟨ 6 ⟩ express trains that return in the opposite direction as 6 local trains ) .

weekdays from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. , select manhattan-bound ⟨ 6 ⟩ trains run local from parkchester to hunts point avenue while select parkchester-bound 6 trains run express in that section .

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every new york city subway line is getting worse . here’s why . - the new york times
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the 1904 new york subway souvenir publication included a map and profile of the irt subway .
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i would advise any new parent to roll their child on the floor of the new york subway .
new york city contains roughly 660 miles of subway track connecting 468 subway stations—the lowest of which is located 180 miles below street level . in 2011 , more than 1 . 6 billion people rode the subway .
a few changes to ensure that new york subway is fully compatible with ios 10 .
the 6 line in new york , one of the train lines that still won ' t get cellular service .
by fixing some bugs we ' ve made new york subway even better . enjoy : )
a subway train in new york city derailed and crashed into a wall tuesday morning , leaving more than 30 people with injuries and causing massive transit delays throughout the city .
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this update includes some minor improvements and bug fixes . thank you for using new york subway !
thanks for using new york subway . this update includes a few bug fixes and performance improvements .
see the wikipedia article on new jersey v . new york . we aren ' t kidding .
new york , new york … the city so nice they named it twice ! the bronx is up , but the battery ' s down . come and meet those dancing feet .
1905 , profile map of the new york subway from brooklyn bridge to the bronx . ray stannard baker ' s 1905 article
the subway deal
, included a profile map of the subway .
2nd avenue subway will open on jan . 1 , m . t . a . says - the new york times
• in “ about new york , ” jim dwyer writes about the millions of dollars offered to hudson yards to pay for the subway . instead we got offices . [ new york times ]
new york city and state taxpayers subsidized over $ 5 . 5b in 2015 , double the $ 2 . 8b in 2004
emergency service personnel work at the scene of a subway train derailment , tuesday , june 27 , 2017 , in the harlem neighborhood of new york .
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looks like it’s going to be another bad day on the new york city subway : major service disruptions have been reported on the a , b , c , and d lines after a subway train derailed near the 125th street station in harlem .
century magazine ' s
building new york ' s subway
article included a slightly different version of the same map .
a new station on the second avenue subway line , which will open to the public on new year’s day .
6 - 28 - 56 lirr rockaway line converted to subway ; service begins to rockaway park and wavecrest . ( non - rush hours , probably shuttle service )
• for more events , see the new york times’s arts & entertainment guide .
quad cinema ' s biggest retrospective to date focuses on the new york woman .
if you ' re visiting new york city for the first time , there ' s now a handy guide in the app filled with helpful travel tips and information . this update also includes the latest subway map from mta along with some minor bug fixes and performance improvements . thanks for using new york subway !
kevin ortiz , a spokesman for the authority , said such restrictions were not necessary in new york city — at least for now .
• the lack of an african - american challenger in the mayoral race highlights the absence of a rising generation of black politicians in new york , writes ginia bellafante in “ big city . ” [ new york times ]
6 - 14 - 15 weekend service reextended to broad , due to demand , especially with the new fulton transportation center .
the derailment is one of several recent incidents that have plagued the city ' s overburdened subway system .
* this article appears in the february 22 , 2016 issue of new york magazine .
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in 1898 , the new york city charter , which consolidated the five boroughs into one metropolis and created the position , detailed the duties .
it is difficult to imagine new yorkers patiently waiting at roped - off subway entrances .
riders waiting for the l train on a packed subway platform at union square in manhattan last month . subway use , now at nearly 1 . 8 billion rides a year , has not been this high in new york city since 1948 .
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think we’re the only generation of commuters who have it bad ? in 1930 , the new york city health commissioner criticized the “indecency of present overcrowding” of the subway and warned of contagious diseases .
subway delays have become a frustrating fact of life in new york city . every day brings a new set of alerts about painful disruptions across the system . trains creep along or stop in the tunnels . crowds thicken on the platforms .
thanks to professor sarah kaufman at new york university for her clarifications about the ntd dataset .
we ' ve made the route planner even better in this update with some behind the scenes improvements . thank you for using new york subway !
10 - 6 - 57 . evening , night and weekend service cut back to 34th st .
• and in “ about new york , ” the columnist jim dwyer contrasts the stories of james harris jackson and ismaaiyl brinsley , two men crazed by color . [ new york times ]
having long ago surpassed boston and philadelphia as the premier city of the british american colonies and the united states , new york city is now the world ' s most important city in many areas , finance being the most easily notable . parts of the city have become virtually synonymous with some fields , especially in the us .
2 - 6 - 59 flatbush - 241st , midnights ; new lots - 180th , other times .
public transportation is available to the statue cruises ferry departure points in battery park , new york and liberty state park , new jersey .
a commuter exits a closed off station after a subway train derailment , tuesday , june 27 , 2017 , in the harlem neighborhood of new york .
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a water main break in the bronx shut down service on the no . 6 subway line in the borough for hours wednesday , according to the mta .
• in “ big city , ” the columnist ginia bellafante writes about the opioid crisis among blacks and latinos in the bronx . [ new york times ]
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planning for a second avenue subway line has advanced in fits and starts for decades . the first phase to 96th street , which cost about $ 4 . 4 billion , will be the most ambitious expansion of new york city’s subway system in a half - century .
service update : some southbound n trains are stopping along the r line from canal st to city hall and end at city hall . our crews are on the scene working to restore regular service .
plan a day ( or weekend ) trip to one of these charming destinations , all of which are just a stone ' s throw from new york city .
bus number 1502 ( 1982 ) was one of 25 “new look” buses made for new york bus service in 1981 . these were designed and equipped with “suburban” bus features – forward - facing seats on platforms , parcel racks , reading lights , and a single door , though without baggage compartments or reclining seats . on july 1 , 2005 , new york bus service was taken over by the mta bus company , a new agency created to consolidate the operations of seven private bus lines under franchises from the city of new york .
that year , the city’s health commissioner criticized the “indecency of present overcrowding” and warned of protecting riders from contagious diseases . a video from the new york transit museum’s archive shows subway riders scrambling onto crowded trains in the 1940s .
• mr . de blasio has expanded the city’s work force to its highest level in history : a costly — and risky — investment . [ new york times ]
6 - 29 - 09 , middday service to flatbush is tested ( fall 80 ) and then implemented .
this r - 15 car , number 6239 , is notable as the first car in the new york city subway system to be air - conditioned . the air - conditioning was installed 5 years after the car was put into service , but it failed after only 2 weeks of operation in the dusty subway environment . the cars were often damp , and water dripped on passengers . the costly and ineffectual air - conditioning was removed , but the new york city transit authority continued to work on the technology .
the mta’s subway action plan was implemented in july 2017 , but has it helped the subway get better ? it’s complicated .
the popular tabloid new york post was originally established in 1801 as a federalist newspaper called the new york evening post by alexander hamilton , an author of the federalist papers and the nation’s first secretary of the treasury .
6 - 18 - 59 skip stop service to jamaica . canarsie service reduced to a few yard put ins ( am ) and pull outs ( pm )
over the weekend , the second avenue stations began to appear on subway maps on trains in new york city . the first phase is expected to initially carry about 200 , 000 riders each day and will ease overcrowding on the crowded no . 4 , 5 , and 6 lines along lexington avenue , officials said .
the dutch first settled along the hudson river in 1624 ; two years later they established the colony of new amsterdam on manhattan island . in 1664 , the english took control of the area and renamed it new york . one of the original 13 colonies , new york played a crucial political and strategic role during the american revolution . between 1892 and 1954 , millions of immigrants arrived in new york harbor and passed through ellis island on their journey to becoming u . s citizens . it is estimated that up to 40 percent of americans can trace at least one ancestor to that port of entry . new york city , the largest city in the state , is home to the new york stock exchange and is a major international economic center .
“i’ve stopped taking the subway because of citi bike . it lets me see the city and saves me a ton of money . ”
“i think you’ll find the art there exhilarating , ” mr . prendergast said . “i think you’ll find the environment vastly different than what you see in the new york city subway , and you’ll be pleased i think with the end product . ”
mayor bill de blasio ended his state of the city address last month with the words “this is your city” projected on a large screen .
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getting around on the subway this weekend is going to be tough , as a whopping 15 ( ! ) train lines will be running with modified service . ( for more new york city news delivered straight to your inbox sign up for patch ' s free newsletters and breaking news alerts . )
6 - 6 - 59 sat . locals run to franklin . this was still a # 1 , not the seasonal extended # 7 shuttle that also ran
passengers waiting for the 6 train at 96th street on october 16 , 2015 .
johnny knocke is a former strategic initiatives mba intern with the mta’s new york city transit ( nyct ) group and a graduate of columbia business school . no confidential information was disclosed in this article .
7 - 29 - 14 present connection built between myrtle and broadway els , and trains ( express mon . - sat . ) ran from metropolitan to chambers every day . ( sunday service was cut 6 - 33 , and saturday express service was cut 6 - 28 - 52 and all sat . service 6 - 28 - 58 . midday service was cut 6 - 28 - 58 ) . marcy av . was originally a local stop , but beginning 2 - 23 - 60 , all trains stopped there .
a scan of the november , 1967
new subway routes
map showing the combined ind and bmt chrystie street services .
• passengers praised the new long island rail road concourse , but wondered when the rest of the area’s transit might start measuring up to global standards . [ new york times ]
it’s clear why new york is the only u . s . system to register on the international level . most of new york’s trips were on the mta subway ( 62 percent ) , followed by mta buses ( 21 percent ) , nj transit buses ( 4 percent ) and lirr commuter trains ( 3 percent ) .
8 - 27 - 77 late nigh service begins running local when aa ceases late night service .
fall , 1990 , full service on bridge restored briefly . express service runs all times except nights ( all service stops at the local station 49
at the same time , subway stations in san francisco and boston have long offered cell phone service . even now , the service in the new york stations will stop once the train goes into the tunnels . the metropolitan transit authority , which has long sought to hook up the city ' s subway station to the cellular network , hopes to the begin a wider deployment if the pilot program is successful . the trial has no targeted end date .
• gov . andrew m . cuomo nominated the first openly gay judge to the new york court of appeals . [ wnyc ]
adirondack park in northeastern new york contains roughly 6 million acres of protected land . comprised of both public and private areas , the park is larger than yellowstone , glacier , everglades and grand canyon national parks combined .
• the mayoral race is increasingly focused on the incumbent , bill de blasio , and paul massey , but more than a dozen other people have set their sights on city hall . [ new york times ]
the lexington avenue line is the most crowded in the system , but subway riders across new york city are finding themselves on platforms and trains that are beyond crowded . l train stations in brooklyn are routinely overwhelmed . in queens , no . 7 train riders regularly endure packed conditions .
1933 bmt subway - elevated route map . not too many changes . map dated by presence of radio city music hall , which opened in december 1932 .
while it might seem fair to pay $ 2 . 75 for a ride on the metro , the hidden cost is in your tax bill . in effect , new york city and state residents are subsiding the cost of the subway for tourists and lining the pockets of the mta union .
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there was no 6 train service in the bronx for much of the day wednesday . ( photo credits : ap / getty / shutterstock )
a fire island , new york couple teams up with delson or sherman architects and interior designer alexandra angle to fashion their family getaway .
1 - 16 - 22 line completed to new lots . single track shuttles , between new lots & pennsylvania though
in many disaster and apocalyptic films literally everything bad happens to new york city ( hurricanes , tornadoes , tsunamis , zombies , asteroids , giant marshmallow men , and so on ) , this is no exaggeration at all .
new york city transit purchased 133 buses of this type to begin replacing the 1956 - vintage mack c - 49 fleet . thirteen of the new buses , all equipped with 47 high - back , front facing , upholstered seats , were built for the new staten island - to - manhattan express service , which debuted in december 1968 . later , this model modified with luggage racks , was used for the connecting jfk express bus service .
…this is only a sample . the number of rules and constraints set forth by the collective bargaining agreement is substantial . one can only speculate how many billions of dollars it costs the taxpayers of new york city and state .
mr . bugajski , 37 , an assistant principal at a school in queens for children with special needs , said that , as gay men in new york city , “i feel like we’re almost going against the grain . ”
• weekend travel hassles : check subway disruptions and a list of street closings .
m . t . a . spending plan restores funding for 2nd ave . subway
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• a performance of cole porter’s musical “ the new yorkers ” at city center in midtown . 2 p . m . [ $ 35 ]
world war ii halted the production of new subway cars and by 1945 cars were in short supply throughout the system . thus , the arrival of 10 r - 12 cars was celebrated as they were shuttled across the east river on a barge from the hoboken rail terminal in 1948 . the barge flew banners proclaiming , “new yorkers , look . your new subway cars” and a city fireboat sent out a dozen streams of water .
new york city was the first capital of the united states after the constitution was ratified in 1788 . on april 30 , 1789 , george washington was inaugurated as the nation’s first president at federal hall , located on wall street .
2 - 6 - 59 ,
west side improvement
. trains no longer switched at 96
delays both from city approving cellular service and then with the actual deployment kept cell phones from working in the stations . the network provider , transit wireless , signed a contract with the city four years ago and had promised to begin a trial in downtown manhattan two years ago . but the project stagnated last year because transit needed to obtain additional financing , the new york times said .
the first mta subway car to have those electronic signs showing passengers the upcoming stops .
faster than walking , cheaper than a taxi , and more fun than the subway .
when the independent subway system ( ind ) opened its eighth avenue line in 1932 , newly designed rolling stock went into service . the series was called r - 1 because the cars were ordered under contract r - 1 , or revenue contract 1 , and all subsequent cars ordered by the city were given an “r” designation followed by a series number . car 100 was the first of the 300 cars in the r - 1 series to be delivered to new york city .
• for the first time in eight years , the state senate committee on ethics and internal governance held a public meeting . [ new york times ]
most of new york city ' s subway stations are examples of the triumph of function over form . it ' s an industrial - strength system that ( sometimes ) gets the job done really well . but aside from tiled signs with station names and directions , there is little truly architectural about the network ' s contemporary trappings . however , there was a time when form was very much taken into consideration . that was during the city beautiful movement around the turn of the last centuryduring which grand central terminal and washington square park ' s arch were both completed . in the midst of that age , on october 27 , 1904 , new york city ' s first subway station opened to the public . at city hall . service was discontinued on the last day of 1945 , but interested visitors can still ogle its tiles , skylights , and chandeliersand the next chance to do so is this weekend .
the 1968 map shows shows the new kk service from 57th / 6th to broadway - east new york via the chrystie street connection . hand - redrawn by michael calcagno , patterned after the original map . compare to the photo of the real map contributed by chris slaight .
1924 bmt subway - elevated route map . note that the canarsie line is incomplete from montrose to east new york , but the extension to canarsie ( past rockaway parkway ) is in service . the 4th avenue ( brooklyn ) and nassau st . ( manhattan ) subways are not yet complete . bmt sharing flushing line service to its terminal at alburtis avenue .
1985 - 6 double letters dropped ; becomes
c
. shuttle becomes
h
again .
5 - 6 - 86 - 12 - 11 - 88 letter used to replace
aa
.
bus number 100 ( 1959 ) was among the first group of 190 buses that introduced the “new look” or “fishbowl” style to new york city . developed by gmc , the “new look” design — featuring the large bubble - shaped windshield , single - piece destination sign , and parallelogram windows — prevailed for twenty years , until the boxier “advanced design” bus style was introduced in 1980 .
new yorkers will finally be able to use their cell phones in subway stations - - as long as their commute takes them through one neighborhood in manhattan .
as subway delays have skyrocketed , gov . andrew m . cuomo has faced growing pressure to fix the system . ( although many new yorkers believe mayor bill de blasio runs the subway , it is in fact controlled by mr . cuomo . )
2nd avenue subway will open on jan . 1 , m . t . a . says
new york subway uses the official mta subway map and includes a helpful transit route planner . with over 8 million downloads worldwide this nyc subway map is free to download and will help you navigate around new york using the subway system . features : • official mta map of the new york subway . • including all 5 nyc boroughs - manhattan , brooklyn , queens , bronx and staten island . • easy - to - use transit route planner to get you from a to b on the subway . • works offline for help even without an internet connection . • service status from mta shows live information about delays with alerts sent straight to your phone . • countdown clocks for each subway station to check when the next train is due . • search for any subway station on the map or find the nearest station to your location from anywhere in new york . • plan routes to points of interest including empire state building , new york botanical garden and times square . • favorite your routes for quick access when on the move . • if you ' re visiting new york city for the first time , there ' s a handy guide in the app filled with helpful travel tips and information . • e & e alerts show any out of service elevators and escalators as well as an estimate for when they will return to service . • live twitter updates from the official nyct subway account with helpful transit information . mapway make transit apps for cities all around the world with over 40 million downloads . if you’re visiting washington dc , boston or london make sure you check out our other apps available to download for free in the app store . plan . route . relax . * whilst we endeavor that service status notifications are delivered in a timely manner we can’t guarantee this 100 % of the time . there may be occasions when this isn’t available due to technical reasons outside of our control . please note : continued use of gps running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life . join mapway apps on facebook or follow us on twitter @ mapwayapps . we would love to hear from you !
provides service through the jersey city , nj area and has a station at liberty state park , about a 1 mile walk from the ferry location . there is no taxi service between the light rail station and the ferry
when it comes to finding good quality furniture in new york city , the options are basically endless—but which ones are the best ? that ' s where we come in , with this list of more than two dozen fantastic furniture and home design stores in nyc .
the development firm contends that political motives led the city to renege on tax breaks for the project .
from 12 : 01 a . m . saturday , august 5 to 5 : 00 a . m . monday , august 7 , 6 service operates in two sections . between pelham bay park and 125 st , and between 125 st and brooklyn bridge - city hall .
new york city consists of four or five boroughs ( bronx , brooklyn , manhattan , queens , and staten island ) spread out over roughly three islands ( all of two and the western tip of long island ) at the mouth of the hudson river in new york state , as well as a small sliver of the mainland between manhattan and long island . founded as the dutch settlement of new amsterdam , it is blessed with an excellent natural harbor and one of the more bearable east coast climates .
• watch “the new york times close up , ” featuring the times’s dan barry and jim dwyer . saturday at 2 and 10 p . m . on ny1 .
subway ridership in new york is in the midst of a resurgence almost unimaginable in the 1970s and ’80s , when the system was defined by graffiti and crime . ridership has steadily risen to nearly six million daily riders today from about four million in the 1990s .
1904 , interborough rapid transit company map , showing present subway and elevated lines and proposed extensions .
service for the first week was only 6am - 10pm while work continued midnights , and full time service began jan . 9th .
st . as broadway service increased , chambers st . service was probably suspended until rest of nassau st . loop was completed .
at first , on that morning , service ground to a halt system wide . that afternoon or evening , service gradually started up where it could . then , service went throught several readjustments .
in the city . mostly overrated . but the tv show was amusing for its first couple of seasons .
there will be no midtown shuttle bus service provided on this day . shuttle buses will resume normal service on july 5 , 2018 .
the 1964 world ' s fair edition of the subway system maps included this illustration on the cover .
new york city — here ' s how the metropolitan transportation authority will screw up your plans this weekend — from late friday night , aug . 4 , through early monday morning , aug 7 — in the name of
upgrading and maintaining our tracks , stations and signal systems in order to continue to provide our customers with safe and reliable service .
comprised of three waterfalls on united states and canadian territory , niagara falls attracts 12 million visitors each year . the american falls , in new york , are nearly 180 feet high and 1 , 100 feet long . the niagara river produces enough hydroelectric power to supply more than a quarter of all power used in the state of new york and ontario .
• james harris jackson , a white veteran who said he hated black men , found a victim — “an extremely gracious individual” who cared for others . [ new york times ]
the official mta new york subway map has been updated with the returned w service which affects the n , q and r ; - the w has returned to the new york subway ( local in queens and manhattan ) and will operate weekdays between astoria - ditmars blvd and whitehall st - south ferry . - the n express ( in manhattan weekdays ) runs local during late nights and on weekends , stopping at 49 st , all times . - the q ( in manhattan and brooklyn only ) operates between 57 st - 7 av and coney island . express service in manhattan remains . - the r is extended to manhattan during late night hours with a service operating between bay ridge - 95 st and whitehall st - south ferry . this map update shows the returning w as well as the extended q service to 96 st . the extended q service is part of the new 2nd avenue subway and can not be used in the route planner as it will not start until december 31st . all other stations on the w can be used in the route planner .
the mta is currently embracing a new set of small strategies — a third way between muscular crowd - control tactics and expensive capital projects — to slowly change the behavior of new york subway riders to fit the new , crowded normal . the mta casts this as cultivating civility — a strategy that maximizes the system’s efficiency . “the public has a large role here , and i hate to say it , ” says wynton habersham .
the major cause of subway delays is a factor that basically did not exist 15 years ago : overcrowding . the subway is a victim of its own success and the city ' s resurgence . large crowds slow down trains , which creates more crowding in a vicious circle that takes hours to unwind during every rush .
from 6 : 30 a . m . to 11 : 00 p . m . saturday , august 5 , and sunday , august 6 , c trains run express in both directions between 59 st - columbus circle and canal st .
were you gonna take the 2 4 5 6 7 a b c d e f g j m n q r s or w train someplace this weekend ? then pick a new place .
6 - 25 - 88 service begins from driggs ave . ( on a long gone section that continued on broadway past marcy to the ferry , before williamsburg bridge service began ) to van siclen st . three weeks later , the line reached the ferry .
av . , which was included on new signs , but it never ran . we could use a service like that over here today ! )
• yankees at athletics , 4 : 05 p . m . ( yes ) . mets host nationals , 4 : 10 p . m . ( wpix ) . new york city f . c . host seattle sounders f . c . , 1 p . m . ( espn ) .
the mta is a cesspit of nepotism and cronyism with a side of union mafia graft . that being said it ' s still the only way to travel , so if you are a first - time rider on new york ' s clean and efficient subway system , be sure to :
from 11 : 45 p . m . friday , august 4 to 6 : 30 a . m . sunday , august 6 , and from 11 : 45 p . m . sunday , august 6 to 5 : 00 a . m . monday , august 7 , a trains run express in both directions between 59 st - columbus circle and canal st .
6 - 8 - 09 to 6 - 26 - 09 pilot program for express jerome avenue line service , but am rush peak direction only . four trains ran from woodlawn stopping at mosholu parkway , burnside avenue and 149th street . another pilot program in the fall would try it again , adding bedford park blvd .
the jamaica line is the oldest rapid transit line running in the city today . 1904 is credited as the beginning of subway service , but this is not counting wooden elevated train service , some of which has been incorporated into the subway , and which began a couple of decades earlier , first run by little independent companies , which were swallowed up by bigger and bigger companies until there were only three left , and then one of those swallowed up the other two !
• watch contemporary ballet performances as the sun sets in bryant park in midtown . 6 p . m . [ free ]
• explore local galleries and artist studios on the harlem art stroll . 1 to 6 p . m . [ free ]
actually , some scientists looked at the bacteria in manhattan and mapped it . big data and bacteria : mapping the new york subway’s dna : scientists in 18 - month project gather dna throughout transit system to identify germs , study urban microbiology ( wall street journal , feb . 5 , 2015 )
• mayor bill de blasio announced initiatives toward his goal of creating 100 , 000 jobs , but couldn’t say where 60 , 000 of those would come from . [ new york times ]
bus no . 236 ( 1980 ) was one of a new generation of buses called “advanced design” vehicles , equipped with wheelchair lifts and electronic destination signs . in 1980 , this fleet of 850 was in service throughout the city ; no . 236 was assigned to the east new york depot . despite its technological advancements serious structural problems were soon discovered . in a dramatic move that became citywide news , the entire fleet was retired overnight in february 1984 .
6 - 28 - 10 extended to astoria weekdays to replace w in service cuts . now stops at 49th when extended , replacing the n ' s pattern , which now stays on the local .
yes , this is our city , but scattered among skyscrapers , slopes and seashores , we all experience it differently .
• the city’s jail population has dropped by 18 percent in three years , according to the mayor . [ dnainfo ]
the extension of the 7 line from times square to the javits center cost $ 1 . 6 billion per mile . it would be the most expensive in the world if not for the first phase of the second avenue subway , which is estimated to cost $ 2 . 7 billion per mile of new tunnel . compare this to the cost of other new tunnels worldwide in london , tokyo , berlin , and paris , which cost respectively $ 700m , $ 560m , $ 400m , and $ 368m per mile . what is this discrepancy attributed to ? according to michael horodniceanu , president of the new york city metropolitan transportation authority’s capital construction division : “work rules . ” citing the example of the city’s revered sandhogs , he said the mta employs 25 people for tunnel - boring machine work that spain does with nine .
st . line was connected and became the primary canarsie service . broadway - bklyn service was diminished , and it was probably then that the express service ( as well as nights , sun , etc ) were eliminated .
new york city is the center of capitalism and financial markets , however , hiding underneath the towering skyscrapers is an organization that defies the free market forces by siphoning off increasing amounts of city and state taxpayer dollars . this organization is the metropolitan transport authority ( mta ) , which loses on average more than $ 6 billion per year dating back to 2009 . if the mta were a company in a functioning free market , it would have filed bankruptcy and restructured a decade ago . instead , the city and state increase taxpayer subsidies and debt year after year , while acquiescing to union demands , resulting in one of the highest costing , least productive transit systems in the world .
the force from the derailment was so strong that it tore a metal door off one of the subway cars .
a problem at union square cascaded into hours of underground hell , revealing just how fragile the subway really is .
2nd ave . subway will start running at noon on jan . 1 , m . t . a . says
tours are led roughly 16 times a year to groups of about 40 people at a time . to attend , you have to have to be a member of the new york transit museum and be ready to act quickly . tickets for the city hall station tours cost $ 40 each and always sell out fast .
most of the larger cities in upstate new york can be considered abominations as well . they really aren ' t all that great ( ithaca is clearly exempt ) . still less corrupt than florida .
was the second part to open , 11 - 23 - 04 . trains probably went to city hall , until the 7
the 67 - story building will bring a total of 802 condos to long island city with prices starting from $ 500k .
“citi bike is a great transportation alternative , and it ' s helped improve the awareness of cyclists in the city . ”
4 - 30 - 18 viaduct work complete , service resumes as normal . ( the new fresh pond shop will be converted for diesel work equipment servicing ) .
new york , washington , boston and philadelphia — the urban centers of the “northeast corridor” — all fall into the top 10 in trips per resident . they also fall into the top 10 of urban population . do certain regions tend to support better public transit , or is this just a product of city size and density ?
several different maps were published coinciding with the opening of the irt subway in 1904 and its brooklyn extension in 1905 .
a mechanical failure at union square cascaded into hours of underground hell , revealing just how fragile the subway really is .
bullet signs , which were installed , along with the new destinations two weeks early .
12 - 1 - 24 trains that ended at south ferry extended to new lots .
the original line that opened 10 - 27 - 1904 from broadway @ 145th st . to city hall , via broadway , 42
in 2015 , new york state and nyc gave the mta subsidies of $ 4 . 1b and $ 1 . 4b , respectively . by dividing the subsidies by the number of taxpayers in nys and nyc , each state taxpayer paid a $ 459 subsidy and each city taxpayer paid a subsidy of $ 825 ( includes state subsidy ) .
1940 bmt subway - elevated route map . fulton el closed between sands st . and rockaway avenue , replaced by free transfer to the ind subway ( which is not shown on the map ) . 3rd and 5th avenue els also removed .
the statue of liberty was a gift from the people of france in honor of the united states’ enduring dedication to freedom and democracy and of the alliance held between the two countries during the american revolution . erected in 1886 on bedloe’s island ( later renamed liberty island ) in new york harbor , the statue stood as a welcoming symbol to the 14 million immigrants who entered the united states through new york until 1924 .
a geneticist says any new parent should ' roll their child on floor of the nyc subway ' — here ' s why by erin brodwin ( august 15 , 2015 10 : 45 am ) business insider .
5 - 23 - 04 most of stillwell terminal complete ; f service restored .
11 - 27 - 67 . myrtle - chambers service officially becomes
m
, but service is unchanged . ( earlier on , there had been plans for an
mm
service along with the kk via chrystie st . to 57
5 - 23 - 04 most of stillwell terminal complete ; q service restored .
2008 , first wave of service improvements ( before they went back to service cuts ) , late night shuttle was restored , and ran express to 42nd st .
1987 - 9 express service suspended due to rebuilding of parts of the line .
service resumed shortly aftet 1 : 15 p . m . with extensive delays .
meanwhile , above ground , emergency service personnel worked outside the station in harlem .
robert sklar contributes this homemade 2009 service diagram based on the 1959 schematic style .
old signs had
9 dyre av .
. this was probably the shuttle that operated from the former railroad line ' s conversion to subway in 1941 to the beginning of through service in 1957 .
overcrowding now accounts for more than one - third of the nearly 75 , 000 subway delays across the system each month .
2000 new spur track north of broad channel opens . eliminates long relays to howard beach .
5 - 29 - 05 the new stillwell terminal completed , and the n finally returned .
4 - 18 - 65 all # 2 ' s to new lots , all times .
9 - 59 runs express to euclid , while a becomes local . 6 - 10 - 60 some trains extended to lefferts due to complaints .
along with the bway short line the new service was replacing . ( the kk at this point would only go as far as atlantic ave . on the other end ) .
a circa - 1940 new york city omnibus corp motor coach route map . courtsey hank eisenstein . part one lists hotels , government buildings , schools , churches , and has a closeup map of the theater district ; part two lists stores , bus terminals , hospitals , interesting views , fares , transfers , etc . ; part 3 is the full map .
joe brennan has put together two maps detailing the construction of the joint irt / bmt subway in brooklyn , circa 1920 . note , these are large images . the first map depicts the tunnel sections of the contract 2 portion and the fulton street and flatbush avenue subway . the second map shows the dual contracts joint bmt / irt line under flatbush avenue and the eastern parkway subway .
part - time train does not always operate or sometimes skips this station . stops all times except rush hours peak direction ( 6 : 15 a . m . - 9 a . m . to manhattan , 4 p . m . - 6 : 45 p . m . from manhattan )
nyc undergoes many transmutations . like the human body , it can be said that you have an entirely new city every seven years . of late , the city has become astronomically expensive as yuppies flood into the former meat packing districts and slums , while the rest move to someplace cheaper , like brooklyn queens the bronx you know , i hear good things about connecticut .
the subway is new york city’s pulmonary system ; the great class - leveling engine of urban life ; the main reason , perhaps , that such an extraordinary concentration of innovation and power and culture happened here and not somewhere else . thirty - five percent of the metropolitan area’s workforce commutes via subway , bus , and commuter rail ; the national average is 5 percent . nearly half a million children use metrocards to get to school , and 65 percent of international tourists use mass transit , contributing $ 18 billion to the local economy annually , which is why delays aren’t just a matter of inconvenience ; they pose a fundamental threat to the functioning of the city . this new era of delays has already taken a toll , starting with people late for work : last year , commuters asked for delay - verification slips more than 100 , 000 times .
for service from this station , use the nearby 111 st station instead . or , take the q56 bus and transfer to / from l service at nearby 111 st .
the incident caused major transit delays throughout the city . one passenger on a different line said he was stuck for more than an hour .
if you ride the 6 train to the end of the line and get off at the brooklyn bridge stop , you ' re missing out on something incredible . as the train loops around to go back uptown , it passes through an abandoned and beautifully preserved city hall station from 1904 .
but the subway infrastructure has not kept pace , and that has left the system with a litany of needs , many of them essential to maintaining current service or accommodating the increased ridership . the authority’s board recently approved $ 14 . 2 billion for the subway as part of a $ 29 . 5 billion , five - year capital spending plan .
( 1 and 6 look red , but they ' re really the same as the final colors as you can see in the lower pictures ) .
• hop in a boat and row on the hudson river at pier 40 in lower manhattan . noon to 6 p . m . [ free ]
the new subway route is an extension of the q line , which currently ends near the southern edge of central park at 57th street and seventh avenue . starting in january , q trains will travel to an upgraded station at lexington avenue and 63rd street and to three new stations at 72nd , 86th and 96th streets .
, when the new map design was being competed on in the years leading up to that .
another subway rider , kc brown , recently found herself in a situation that is sadly familiar to most new yorkers : the train doors closed in her face and when they opened , the train was too full to get on .
interborough subway map and timetable from the official guide of the railways , nov . 1906 . thanks to mike rivest for the scans .
10 - 92 round - robin service ends ; replaced by a , including rush hour service to manhattan supplied by a new
a
branch . shuttle cut back to broad channel . some summers to present , service goes to euclid on weekend days . redesignated
s
. ( still designated
h
in internal documents such as work programs ) .
but one of the most fascinating ways to celebrate is to explore the city’s long and storied l . g . b . t . history .
as soon as rush hour ended , the maintenance workers at union square had tried to get gap filler no . 6 up and running for good . to do so without interruption , service on the downtown 6 line was completely suspended between 14th street and brooklyn bridge . with the line shut down , the workers were finally able to assess the problem , which appeared to be a single loose bolt . they tried to bring the train back online , restoring service on the local 6 track at 11 : 02 , but seven minutes later , the gap filler failed to retract again . that train and all the trains behind it were held in place .
effective 10 - 24 - 49 c service was discontinued . cc ' s were re - routed to bway - lafayette during weekday rush hours but saturday service continued to hudson terminal .
service would be extended to queens , but this was shelved when the financial crisis hit .
2 - 10 to 11 - 2 - 64 express tracks out of service for platform extensions ( for conversion to ind train lengths ) skip stop service instituted between expresses and locals .
public transportation - statue of liberty national monument ( u . s . national park service )
a few years riding the nyc subway and your immune system becomes hercules ; it ' s great ! ( from personal experience , if you take a weekend subway into the bronx , you face a 90 % chance of being confronted with someone else ' s bodily fluids . )