A retired New York correction officer allegedly shot and killed an unarmed man during an evening rush subway confrontation in Brooklyn, NY that sent passengers scrambling for safety, according to the New York Daily News. The incident began about 6:30 p.m. when the 32-year-old slain man, Gilbert Drogheo, and another man began harassing the 69-year-old […]
A mother’s Christmas turned into the ultimate holiday miracle when two transit officers helped deliver her baby on a subway car in Philadelphia. As the woman went into labor on the subway, Sgt. Daniel Caban and Officer Dorrell James of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) boarded the train following the emergency call. After calming the parents down, the […]
A disturbing video of an arrest in Brooklyn Thursday night has made its rounds on the web. The video shows a NYPD police officer hitting a man with a baton, causing a huge head wound, over claims the suspect skipped the subway fare. According to the NY Daily News, the incident happened at the Myrtle […]
Thanks to the NYPD, a suspect has been arrested and charged with the murder of Wai Kuen Kwok, who was pushed off the platform and struck by an NYC train on Sunday. According to the New York Times, the suspect was Bronx native Kevin Darden. The 34-year-old was found near his mother’s house in the Bronx on […]
Police are on the lookout for a man who killed a 61-year-old man by pushing him onto the NYC subway tracks in the Bronx. According to the Huffington Post, Wai Kuen Kwok was waiting for the train with his wife to head to Chinatown for breakfast. Witnesses say as the D train approached, a man came from […]
Charges have been dropped against the man who reportedly “smacked the soul out of a girl on the NY subway” early Saturday morning. Jorge Pena, 25, was charged with misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct, but the charges were tossed out because he acted in self-defense, according to Pena’s attorney, Cary London. “Thank God for smartphones,” London […]
UPDATE: 2:20 PM EST According to Gothamist, four people have been arrested in connection with a fight that broke out on a New York City subway Saturday. An NYPD spokesman says the arrests were made at the West Fourth Street station shortly before 5 a.m. According to the NYPD, Jorge Pena, 25, was charged with […]
Two men attempted to burn down a Brooklyn building with illegal tenants inside. Lalbahadour Byjoo, 50, and Jean St. Fleur, 30, planned to set a two-family house ablaze in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Two illegal tenants were occupying Byjoo’s building at 304 Sumpter Street, according to officials. Byjoo met with an undercover cop to discuss ways he […]
October 27th marked the 110th birthday of the New York City subway system. Anyone living on the G line knows the antiquated cars and terrible wait times feel more like 376- years-old, but hey, who’s counting? The point is, since 1904, the subway system has been an unprecedented engineering feat that opened up worlds and […]
After a stabbing on the 6 train last night at Grand Central Terminal on 42nd St., three men have been hospitalized from the incident, which occurred around midnight last night. According to the NY Daily News, Ivan Deleon, who was intoxicated, pulled out a knife on the men after a scuffle, where he stabbed one […]
Could you imagine walking into a store and making a purchase, only to have an employee be super rude? We bet you’re yelling “Hell yes, that happens everyday” out loud right now – and it does – but one Subway worker recently took poor customer service to an entirely different level. Allison Brown, a woman […]
