NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

NEW YORK − Police found two teenage girls dead atop a train car at a Brooklyn subway station early Oct. 4 and say the deaths are likely due to subway surfing, a dangerous trend that involves climbing ...

“Getting on top of a subway car isn’t ‘surfing’ — it’s suicide,” Demetrius Crichlow, the president of NYC Transit, said after two girls were found dead on top of a New York City subway train. The ...

NEW YORK -- More than a dozen New Yorkers, many young boys, have been killed or badly injured after falling off speeding trains while "subway surfing" on train roofs. Other risks include being crushed ...

Ka’Von Wooden loved trains. The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of the subway system and dreamed of becoming a train operator. Instead, on a December morning in 2022, Ka’Von died after he ...

Inside the world of “conquesting,” where vandals break into the operator’s booth, fool around with the control panel — and ...

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Gov. Kathy Hochul must decide by year’s end whether to sign a law that would mandate two-person crews on all trains, a practice critics say is costly and outdated. By Stefanos Chen For more than a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A train conductor walks between subway cars at a station in the Coney Island section of New York, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. “Getting on top of a subway car isn’t ‘surfing’ — it’s suicide,” Demetrius Crichlow, the president of NYC Transit, said ...