Man Arrested For Catching Ride On Side Of Subway Train, NYPD Says

CLINTON HILL, NY — Police arrested the man caught on video surfing on the side of Clinton Hill subway doorway for one stop during the morning rush hour last week, a spokesman for the NYPD said.

Isaiah Thompson, 22, was charged with reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct for his daring C train ride after officers cuffed him at his Bed-Stuy home Tuesday, police said.

On Friday morning, Thompson clung to the doorway of a Manhattan-bound C train at the Clinton-Washington station then rode it one stop to Lafayette Avenue before he casually jumped off, according to video and the New York Post.

"Riding on the outside of a subway car is incredibly dangerous, disruptive, and foolish – it can cause major delays and easily result in death," New York City Transit president Andy Byford said in a statement. "This young man is lucky he ended up in police custody and not in a hospital or worse."

Rider Matt Beary caught Thompson's brazen ride on video and posted it to Instagram, which shows Thompson just using one hand while in between stations.

"Classic NYC craziness," Beary wrote on Instagram. "Why ride inside the car when you can level up your urban surfing skills?"

This wasn't the first time Thompson surfed on the city's subway systems. He was previously arrested at least four times in 2017 for the feat and was hit with similar charges, the Post reported.

The technical term for Thompson's ride is called skylarking and it's killed at least 15 people who've tried it since 1989, the New York Daily News reported.

Image: Maria Cormack-Pitts/Patch