11-year-old child dies in Brooklyn subway surfing incident: sources

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – An 11-year-old boy died while subway surfing in Brooklyn Monday morning, sources told PIX11 News.

It happened near the 4th Avenue-9th Street station around 10:15 a.m., according to the FDNY. Witnesses told police the boy was subway surfing on the roof of a G train when he fell off onto the tracks below.

In a video posted to Citizen App, a police officer picks up a backpack off the train tracks where the boy had fallen and walks it to the platform.

F and G subway service was severely disrupted as the NYPD conducted an investigation at the station, according to the MTA. Service has since resumed with delays.

For more train service updates, check the MTA’s website .

In June, a 13-year-old boy was killed while subway surfing in the Bronx , just days after a 14-year-old was injured while subway surfing in Queens , sources told PIX11 News at the time.

Last year, the MTA launched a PSA campaign warning against the dangers of subway surfing , which too often ends with riders either falling off trains or being struck by a bridge or an object they don’t see coming.

Interim NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow released a statement Monday in response to this latest incident.

“This is another avoidable heart-wrenching reminder that riding outside trains is not a game and the subway is not a social media studio. It should not take more tragic termination of young lives for parents and classmates of those who would climb on top of subway cars to help them comprehend the devastating risk,” Crichlow said.

Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018 . She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here .

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