NYC Subway Train Derails In Brooklyn; B Line Shuts Down

BRIGHTON BEACH, BROOKLYN — A Q train derailed in Brooklyn Friday, shutting down B service in parts of Brooklyn and the Bronx and causing delays and services changes on the Q line, according to the MTA.

The derailment is the latest in a string of high-profile subway incidents that have beleaguered the city, as local and state officials volley back and forth over who is really in charge of the system.

The second set of wheels on the second car of a southbound Q train came off the rails, causing the derailment shortly before 9 a.m., an MTA spokesman said in an email to Patch. No one was injured. A "reach train" took riders from the affected train, according to the MTA.

Local news footage from the scene showed the train car angled slightly off the tracks:

Just after noon, Southbound Q trains were still running on the N Subway line from Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn.

After a total shutdown of about half an hour, B trains were running from 145th Street to Kings Highway in both directions and terminating. There is no B service from Kings Highway to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue.

An FDNY spokesman told Patch the department responded to a subway incident in the area at 9:26 a.m. At a press conference later at the scene of the derailment, an FDNY spokesman said while no one was injured, a pregnant woman was complaining about back pain and is being evaluated at Lutheran Hospital, according to Gothamist.

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As of 5 p.m. Friday, southbound B trains were running local from Prospect Park to Kings Highway and southbound Q trains were running express from Kings Highway to Sheepshead Bay, according to the MTA.

At a hastily assembled press conference Thursday evening, new MTA Chairman Joe Lhota, who was appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, said that the city should "own" the subway mess.

"They own it, they lease it to the MTA to operate it, and it's their responsibility to fund it," Lhota told reporters, according to Gothamist.

A city spokesman shot back, saying it has "constantly pointed out the City's unprecedented $2.5 billion contribution to the MTA capital plan," according to Gothamist.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams in a statement said the derailment "should not be shrugged off as just another incident."

"It is indicative of a creaking mass transit system that needs urgent upgrades to fit the needs of a 21st century city," the statement continued. "As the ticket of a ride increases ever further, riders cannot be left in the dust, picking up the price tag for a mismanaged system at the seams of a total breakdown. Millions of New Yorkers use the subway every single day — they should not have to worry about a train derailment, track fire, or other incident that at worst puts their basic safety at risk. This system must be rapidly modernized with increased investment. There’s no reason why the Empire State cannot be a leader on this issue."

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