Robert L. Bryan

The Long Island Railroad is the busiest commuter railroad in the United States, and the oldest railroad still operating under its original name. The railroad operates seven days a week with service...

Since 1962 New Yorkers have cheered and jeered the exploits of the New York Mets on the baseball diamond. A century before these Amazins took the field, there was another team of New York...

When the subject of policing in New York City comes up, the New York City Police Department is the only game in town - or are they? There are many lesser known agencies performing law enforcement...

Professional, formalized training for police in the United States is a relatively new concept. Formal police training programs didn't begin appearing until the latter part of the 19th century, and...

Everyone has a gift. For some the gift is intellectual, and for others it involves physical skills. For young private eye Finn Delaney, his gift seems to be a knack for stumbling into murder, mayhem,...

New York City Transit Police Officers in the 1980s worked under challenging conditions, including filthy grimy subway stations and out of control crime.The men and women of the Transit Police...

"When I get home, I say, thank God I made it." Anonymous subway rider - Bronx, New York, 1979.In the early 1980s crime was rampant in New York City, especially in the dirty, dark, grimy subway. New...

It was on Christmas Day,1830, that Nicholas Darrell stood upon the platform of the "Best Friend of Charleston," and operated the first mechanical passenger train carrying 141 passengers along 6-miles...