The MTA blazed into the post-pandemic record books on 4/20 Thursday as the New York City subway system saw more than 4 million riders in a single day for the first time since March 12, 2020.
Approximately 4,002,961 paid rides were recorded in the subway turnstiles on April 20, 2023, the highest number in three years, the MTA and Governor Kathy Hochul announced Friday. It was also a record-setting day for the MTA’s OMNY contactless fare payment system, which set a single-day subway record of 1,699,914 taps, or 42.5% of all paid rides.
The latest post-pandemic ridership record for the city’s subways occurred a month after the previous record of 3.94 million riders rode the trains on March 16.
Thursday’s record marked the latest milestone in the city’s post-COVID transit system recovery; it has taken more than three years for ridership to get this close to pre-pandemic levels.