Kids in New York keep dying while ‘subway surfing’ on top of trains. Can they be stopped?
The MTA has asked social media companies to take down videos glamorizing subway surfing. It’s also promoted public service announcements telling people to “Ride inside, stay alive,” in voices of local teens. More than 300,000 New York City school children use the subway to get to and from school each day.
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.
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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 ...
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"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).
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.
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New York City commits to involuntary commitment
This is part of the city’s overnight homeless-outreach programme, Partnership Assistance for Transit Homelessness ( PATH ).
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 ...
Man Thought He Was Going to Die After Being Shoved in Front of NYC Subway Train: Felt 'Head Smack' on Tracks and 'Ribs Crack'
"I felt the hardest shove and I was flying through the air," Joe Lynskey, 45, told 'The Times' after miraculously surviving ...
2 teenagers arrested after Queens subway joyride, NYPD says
Two teenagers have been charged with stealing a New York City subway train and taking it for a joyride in Queens, police say.