Kids in New York keep dying while ‘subway surfing’ on top of trains. Can they be stopped?
Ka’Von Wooden loved trains. The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City’s subway system and dreamed of becoming a train operator. Instead, on a December morning in 2022, Ka’Von died after he climbed to the roof of a moving J train in Brooklyn and then fell onto the tracks as it headed onto the Williamsburg Bridge.
New York Kids Take Over, Drive Subway and Post It on Instagram: Police
A group of children boarded an unoccupied subway train in New York City and took it for a drive, according to police.
Two arrested for stealing New York subway train
Train had been taken from layover track at station; MTA exploring new security measures to prevent further incidents
New York City police are searching for 6 subway train joyriders
New York City police are searching for a group of people they say took a subway train on a joyride. The department released images Wednesday of six individuals who they say commandeered an unoccupied “R” train in Queens over the weekend.
New Yorkers Keep Dying From ‘Subway Surfing.’ What’s Being Done About It?
More than a dozen New Yorkers, many young boys, have been killed or badly injured in recent years while attempting to climb and surf trains.
Police seek suspects in theft of New York subway train (updated)
Three individuals took a train from a station storage track, ran it for an unknown distance, and posted video of the event.
Gothamist2h
Seeing more NYPD officers in the subway? We explain what’s happening.
Subway crime has trended down for several years, but several high-profile violent attacks in recent months have rattled commuters.
Andreessen Horowitz just hired Daniel Penny, the ex-Marine who was acquitted after choking a man to death on a New York City subway
Marc Andreessen backed the Republican ticket in the presidential election, and Vice President JD Vance cheered the news of ...
New video shows suspects who stole NYC subway, took it for a joyride
Police have released new surveillance video of the suspects who allegedly stole a subway train and took it for a joyride.
Gothamist1d
To fund NYC subway fixes, MTA must undo decades of distrust
MTA Chair Janno Lieber is heading to Albany on Thursday to ask lawmakers to fund the largest construction program in the ...
The Economist1d
New York City commits to involuntary commitment
This is part of the city’s overnight homeless-outreach programme, Partnership Assistance for Transit Homelessness ( PATH ).
The man pushed onto New York’s subway tracks says he will ride again
A man who survived being shoved onto subway tracks ahead of an oncoming train in New York City says that in spite of the ...
Recent spate of NYC transit attacks has straphangers rattled — despite NYPD subway surge: ‘Just a way of life in New York now’
More than a half-dozen violent attacks in the Big Apple subway system has renewed fear among New Yorkers — despite more cops ...
Soap Central on MSN2d
"They think we can’t see them" — Internet reacts to guy finding "secret" police station behind the mirrors in a New York subway
The New York City subway is well-known for being one of the busiest rapid transit rail systems in the world, with 472 stations, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).