15-year-old subway surfer hurt falling from train in the Bronx
A 15-year-old boy suffered a head injury after falling while surfing on the Bronx subway, police said. The unidentified boy fell off the front of the No. 5 train at the East Gun Hill Road station between Gun Hill Road and Pelham Parkway Tuesday just before 6 p.m., officials said. Some of his friends were […]
16-year-old girl punched in face by deranged woman on NYC subway platform: NYPD
Police said this week that a 16-year-old schoolgirl was punched in the face by a deranged woman in another random attack on the city's besieged subway. Just before 7 a.m. on January 7, the girl was on her way to school on the southbound platform of Manhattan's Union Square subway station when an assailant had […]
Hochul scrambles to fund NYPD’s $154M overnight subway staffing, as cops hit NYC trains after rash of violence
Gov. Cathy Hochul is still busy blocking funding for a $154 million raid on overnight subway trains by the New York City Police Department, even as the first wave of police stormed the tunnels this week. Only half of the cash needed for the six-month surge has been set aside, and Mr. Hochul asked for […]
NYC subway conductor makes tragic discovery on train: dead woman
Conductor discovers woman's body on New York subway train New York City police said officers responded to a 911 call at the subway station and found the woman on the train, where she was pronounced dead at the scene. Her cause of death is under investigation. Credit: Peter Gerber The New York City Medical Examiner's […]
Woman found dead on NYC subway train during conductor’s routine check: cops
A woman was found dead on a train in Queens over the weekend during a conductor's routine daytime inspection, police said. Authorities said the woman, who was believed to be between 50 and 60 years old and may have been homeless, was found sitting on a northbound F train on Jamaica 179th Street around 1:45 […]
‘Friday Night Lights’ star was homeless, sleeping in New York City subway before finding fame
Years before she found fame on hit shows like “Friday Night Lights” and “True Detective,” Taylor Kitsch was down on her luck. “I was literally sleeping on the subway,” said the actor, who immigrated to New York City from Canada in 2002 to pursue modeling and acting. people magazine. “I took the Blue Train from […]
Hundreds of NYC straphangers hug the walls inside subway stations in wake of spiraling transit crime
Violent crime has created a grim new normal in the Big Apple's subway stations, home wallflowers. The short-tempered strappers told the newspaper they waited for the train with their backs against the wall, fearing they would be the next victims to be thrown onto the tracks. On two recent afternoons, the Post reported hundreds of […]
Pervert with 30 prior arrests and banned from subway nabbed again underground after sexually assaulting two women: NYPD
On Friday, a perverted parolee who had been arrested 30 times and was banned from the subway was arrested again underground after sexually assaulting two women, police said. The suspect, Cecil McKenzie, 53, of Harlem, was riding a train to the 14th Street/Union Square subway station in Manhattan around 9:30 a.m. when he pressed his […]
NYC subway straphanger jumps over MTA new turnstile spikes at Manhattan station
It didn't take long. An enraged New York City stranger showed little interest in newly installed spikes to deter fare evasion on Thursday night, jumping over a subway turnstile and quickly outmaneuvering the MTA. there was. The unidentified subway passenger effortlessly jumped over a metal gate at the 59th Street/Lexington Avenue station less than 36 […]
Exclusive | Widow of man killed in NYC subway says Hochul’s new transit patrols wouldn’t have saved husband
The widow of a grandfather killed on a Brooklyn train a year ago says Gov. Kathy Hochul's subway safety plan failed to stop her husband's ruthless killer. And she hasn't set foot on the railroad tracks since her husband's unsolved murder. “9-to-5 is a good start,” grieving Jakeba Dockery, 43, told the Post of Hochul's […]