AMNY Subway Tracker

The dangerous practice of train surfing stopped a Q train today, after a train operator saw a male rider on top of a Manhattan-bound train.
The operator of an oncoming train saw the surfer at 8:40 a.m. after the Q train left the DeKalb subway station. New York City Transit halted the train north of that station, between stops, for about 40 minutes in Brooklyn to get the rider down.
Q and N trains ran over the R line during the incident. Transit officials did not have the rider’s identity yesterday and said it was awhile since the agency saw a surfer.
“It’s happened before and usually when it happens, the person gets killed,” said Transit spokesman Charles Seaton.
The agency posts public service posters on trains, telling straphangers not to ride on the outside of trains. Daredevil teenagers have been killed in the past while attempting the dangerous feat.