One teenager was killed and another was critically hurt after they went subway surfing near the Williamsburg Bridge on Friday, officials said.

Police said it happened near Pitt and Delancey streets in Manhattan close to 6 p.m.

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One teenager was killed and another was critically hurt after they went subway surfing near the Williamsburg Bridge on Friday, officials said

Police said it happened near Pitt and Delancey streets in Manhattan close to 6 p.m.

A 14-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene, while an 18-year-old boy was rushed to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue in critical condition, according to the NYPD

Mayor Zohran Mamdani wrote on social media that the teenagers were on top of a Brooklyn-bound J train near the bridge when they fell

A 14-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene, while an 18-year-old boy was rushed to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue in critical condition, according to the NYPD.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani wrote on social media that the teenagers were on top of a Brooklyn-bound J train near the bridge when they fell.

“This is a preventable tragedy. No family should get a phone call like that. Subway surfing is deadly,” he said. “My heart breaks for the families of these young people.”

Tonight, two young New Yorkers fell while subway surfing on a Brooklyn-bound J train near the Williamsburg Bridge. One teenager is dead. Another is fighting for his life.

This is a preventable tragedy. No family should get a phone call like that.

Subway surfing is deadly. My…

— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) May 23, 2026

New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow also released a statement, saying, “This is heartbreaking and knowing that riding outside trains is going to end tragically, it’s incomprehensible-and pains me as a parent-that it continues to happen.”

“I’m imploring families, friends, teachers, and others coming into contact with teens engaging in these suicidal stunts to get them to stop,” Crichlow added.

Police didn’t immediately release the 14-year-old boy’s name. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.