Security cameras in Times Square, Grand Central subway stations show real-time images to NYPD

Real-time security cameras link NYC subway hubs

NEW YORK — About 500 cameras installed in New York City’s busiest transit hubs are now feeding real-time images to the police department’s security network.

The transit cameras installed in Pennsylvania Station, Times Square and Grand Central station will be used to combat subway crime, search for suspicious activity and guard against terrorist attacks.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday the cameras provide the police department with better tools to keep transit riders safe.

The latest feeds are part of the NYPD’s lower and midtown Manhattan security initiatives. The surveillance “ring of steel” is modeled after security measures in London’s financial district.

New York’s network of public and private cameras will eventually grow to about 3,000. Police officers monitor the feeds.