This Park Slope Subway Station Has 3rd-Most Turnstile Jumping Arrests

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — A citywide war on subway turnstile jumping has a prominent battleground: Park Slope.

Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station had the third-most arrests and fifth-most tickets for fare evasion across the entire subway system, according to recently released NYPD data.

The data covers the last three months of 2022 — a span when city, state and NYPD officials sent swarms of cops and armed security guards into the subways in an effort to combat crime and boost riders' perception of safety. The surge also aimed to crack down on fare evasion, which has long been a concern for MTA officials.

Subway crime since then dropped roughly 8 percent, and 18 percent so far this year, said NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell last week.

“Our fare evasion summonses are up as well,” she said.

But the fare evasion data hints that not all New Yorkers are affected the same.

Of 19 fare evasion arrests at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station, 15 involved people who are Black and three of Hispanic heritage, the data shows. Just one involved a white person.

Of 272 tickets for fare evasion at that station, 127 went to Black people and 66 to people who are Hispanic, according to data.

All these summonses and arrests unfolded in the 11217 Zip Code where Black and Hispanic people account for 18 percent and 14 percent, respectively, of the population, according to U.S. Census data.

The proportions track with citywide numbers showing Black and Hispanic people accounted for 93 percent of arrests — a disparity first reported by AMNY.

Broadway Junction station had the most arrests with 63, followed by the nearby Atlantic Avenue L stop in East New York with 21, data shows.