{"id":120712,"date":"2026-02-02T23:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/120712\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:35:07","slug":"dog-named-meatball-dies-after-hitting-third-rail-in-manhattan-subway-stop-nypd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/120712\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog named Meatball dies after hitting third rail in Manhattan subway stop, NYPD says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"ebwwb\">A dog named \u201cMeatball&#8221; was killed Monday morning after it fell onto the subway tracks at the Bowling Green station and was electrocuted by the third rail, police said.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"brt5k\">According to the NYPD, police officers responded to a call at the station just after 9:40 a.m. Officers found the dog on the tracks next to the third rail of the northbound platform. The pup, which was a Chow Chow, was pronounced dead on the scene, according to police.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"4i65h\">It was not immediately clear how Meatball ended up on the tracks in the first place. MTA rules allow dogs on the subway only if they are \u201cenclosed in a container and carried in a manner which would not annoy other passengers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"e99vv\">Hours after the tragedy, commuters at Bowling Green said the dog\u2019s death highlights why it\u2019s important for their fellow riders to follow the rule.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"1ommv\">\u201cThe rule exists for a good reason,\u201d said Christopher Tursellino, 29, a regular commuter through Bowling Green. \u201cClearly, you should follow it if you care about your dog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"st4v\">Gothamist in 2024 reported that enforcement of the \u201cbag rule\u201d for dogs had <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/are-there-more-dogs-on-nyc-subways-or-is-it-just-us\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">dropped significantly following the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"dqua9\">The station where Meatball met its demise is just outside the MTA\u2019s lower Manhattan headquarters.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"bqlt6\">Mariam Olowa, another commuter at Bowling Green, said she sees most dog owners leave their pets on leashes when commuting on the subway.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"40q47\">\u201cIt\u2019s rare when I see someone actually carrying their dog in a carrier,\u201d Olowa said. \u201cI think it\u2019s laziness. It\u2019s much easier to have your dog walk on their own than to have them in a carrier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"3nt57\">\u201cRIP Meatball,\u201d Olowa said after she was told of the dog\u2019s passing. \u201cThat\u2019s actually really horrible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dog named \u201cMeatball&#8221; was killed Monday morning after it fell onto the subway tracks at the Bowling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-120712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}