15-year-old killed in NYC subway surfing mishap as rider’s head strikes beam: sources
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15-year-old killed in NYC subway surfing mishap as rider’s head strikes beam: sources

A 15-year-old was killed in a subway surfing mishap when the child was struck by a low beam while the train pulled into a Brooklyn station Monday morning, according to law enforcement sources. The teen was riding on top of a G train as it came into Smith-Ninth Street Station…

74-year-old woman slugged in face in unprovoked attack on NYC subway: cops
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74-year-old woman slugged in face in unprovoked attack on NYC subway: cops

A 74-year-old woman was punched in the face by a violent brute on a Queens subway train in an unprovoked attack Wednesday afternoon, police said. The elderly straphanger was assaulted on a southbound A train as it approached the 104th and Liberty Avenue station in Ozone Park around 4:20 p.m.,…

Los Angeles under fire for blaring music in train stations to deter homeless
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Los Angeles under fire for blaring music in train stations to deter homeless

A US city has come under fire over a controversial plan to deter homeless people that has been described as “psychological torture”. In recent months, Los Angeles has been blasting loud classical music in train stations in a bid to reduce crime and prevent homeless people from loitering. It comes…

Baby-faced suspect stabs, bites teen in NYC subway melee over vaping: cops
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Baby-faced suspect stabs, bites teen in NYC subway melee over vaping: cops

The city’s latest subway crimes include a teenager being bitten and stabbed by a baby-faced suspect when the victim confronted a group of people vaping on a Brooklyn platform, cops say. Two days earlier, a trio of creeps also mugged a 21-year-old man of his cell phone as he waited…

Disturbing video captures NYC subway passengers brawling
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Disturbing video captures NYC subway passengers brawling

Disturbing video has emerged of two subway passengers punching and kicking each other — as other straphangers watch the brawl from a distance. “Just another day in New York City!” Twitter account NY Actions captioned the violent footage, which has received almost 20,000 views. “Apparently the guy’s bike knocked into…