The shocking incident happened on a J train on Friday as it was heading to Marcy Avenue Station in Brooklyn from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, according to the New York Post. Footage shows a group of subway surfers, mostly wearing black, sprinting in the same direction as the train, with some preferring to sit in the middle of passenger cars. One of the members of the group was seen doing break dancing on the roof of the train while another ran for a while in opposition to the train. A group of at least eight subway surfers was spotted on the roof of a J-line train heading for Brooklyn on Friday The daredevils were seen running and sitting dangerously among the passenger cars as the train crossed the Williamsburg Bridge Video of the group appeared to be recorded from high-rise buildings near the bridge. The NYPD said it had been informed of the incident and that the group of eight could face charges of harassment and reckless threat. “We do not recommend people board the top of a subway train,” a sergeant told the New York Post. It remains unclear whether subway passengers were affected by the incident. DailyMail.com contacted MTA and NYPD for updates Sunday morning. The bay appeared to be recorded from the roofs of high-rise buildings located on the Lower East Side The suspects wore mostly black and remain unidentified, as of Sunday morning The group could be charged with misconduct and reckless endangerment, the NYPD said The Big Apple subway cars can travel up to 50 miles per hour between stations that are far apart, according to The Gothamist. The average speed for trains on the J line is 15.4 miles per hour compared to the total subway system 17.4 miles per hour, the local store further said. The incident comes shortly after a man was caught watching a 52-year-old woman toss on a subway line in the Bronx in a random attack on June 5. The suspect has been identified as Theodore Ellis, 30, of the Bronx, who faces charges of assault and reckless endangerment, a NYPD spokesman told DailyMail.com. Ellis told police he was drunk and “did not realize his strength” when he threw a woman on subway lines, ABC7 News reported. The victim, whose name was not disclosed, suffered a key fracture and multiple cuts and bruises. He was rushed to Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx and is said to be in stable condition. It remains unclear whether the victim was still in hospital as of Sunday morning. At the time of the incident, there was no train approaching the station and other passengers were able to help the woman return to the platform. Theodore Ellis, 30, allegedly pushed a woman on subway lines in the Bronx on June 7. He was arrested on Tuesday after an eagle’s MTA employee identified him from a wanted poster and recorded police officers He is suspected of accidentally pushing a woman on subway lines in the Bronx The attack is the latest in a string of recent New York City subway raids, despite Mayor Eric Adams vowing to crack down on crime. New York transit crime has skyrocketed in 2022 compared to 2021, with a 54 percent increase. New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a former police officer who was elected with a promise to stop crime in the city, was criticized along with the NYPD for their failure to do so. According to the NYPD, while homicides and shootings have dropped by almost 9 and 7 percent, respectively, since last year, total crime has risen by almost 40 percent so far in 2022. That includes a huge 39.5 percent increase in robberies, a 19 percent increase in criminal attacks and a 16 percent increase in rapes. Transit crimes, however, are on the rise, at about 54 (53.6) percent – with 989 reported as of June 6, 2022, compared with 644 reported in the same period last year. Last week, Mayor Adams angered prosecutors and judges by cutting off suspected gunmen, allowing them to fire more shots in New York – saying “the bad guys no longer take them seriously.” During a press conference with NYPD officials in Brooklyn, Adams praised the cops for “focusing on the laser on the shooters” and making arrests, but demanded that “the other team do its job.” “The courts must prosecute. “Judges need to make sure they stay inside,” he said. “Everyone has to do their part. If not, they go out and come back.
In the first five months of 2022 four homicides in the subway
Sunday’s shooting of 48-year-old Goldman Sachs researcher Daniel Enriquez marked the fourth homicide in New York City subway systems this year. January: The first occurred in January when Michelle Alyssa Go, 40, was pushed to death on a subway line at Times Square by a homeless man, Martial Simon, 61. He fled the scene but surrendered after the attack. He was charged with second-degree murder, but was deemed unfit to stand trial. March: Barbara Gustern, 87, a Broadway song coach, is pushed to the runway by Lauren Pazienza, 26, of Long Island, who has been charged with murder and assault. Pazienza left the scene that day and was in the car for 11 days before being handed over after Gustern’s death. He has since pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and second-degree assault. April: Two men fight near a tourniquet at the east end of Jamaica Center – Parsons / Archer station in Queens when a man pulls out a gun and shoots 24-year-old Marcus Betea twice in the chest and once in the groin. He was rushed to a local hospital, but died shortly afterwards.
