NYPD officials say officers stopped two boys – aged 14 and 12 – before they could climb on top of a moving subway train in the Bronx. It is part of what parents say is a growing and dangerous social media trend.<\/p>\n
The NYPD says the juveniles were spotted on April 8 hanging off the back of an express 6 train near Hunts Point Avenue. Drone video shows the boys as police say they were attempting to \u201csubway surf,\u201d a risky stunt where riders climb or hold onto the outside of trains.<\/p>\n
Officers intercepted the boys at the Parkchester station before they could make their way onto the top of the train, authorities said. Police also say the 14-year-old was found with an MTA door key \u2014 something investigators are still working to determine how he obtained.<\/p>\n
The incident is one of dozens this year. According to the NYPD, 47 would-be subway surfers have been stopped so far in 2026.<\/p>\n
But not every case ends safely.<\/p>\n
In October, two teenage girls died while riding on top of a train in Brooklyn, highlighting the deadly consequences of the stunt.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a thing of the past \u2014 I thought,\u201d said Bronx resident Pius Amoh after watching the video. \u201cThis is top of the list of dumbest things you can do.”<\/p>\n
Police say the two boys involved in the April 8 incident now face multiple charges, including reckless endangerment and trespassing.<\/p>\n
Authorities are urging parents to talk to their children about the dangers of subway surfing, warning that the thrill is not worth the risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NYPD officials say officers stopped two boys – aged 14 and 12 – before they could climb on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-193536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193536","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=193536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}