A 10-year-old boy was caught in the middle of a dangerous subway surfing stunt on a Queens train, police said Monday.
The boy was nabbed riding on top of an A train on elevated tracks at the Beach 60th St. station in the Rockaways around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, according to cops. He was not hurt.
The juvenile is the youngest person in recent memory caught performing the illegal stunt. NYPD officials believe social media glory is spurring kids to risk their lives riding on the outside of trains.
Police prepared a juvenile report and released the boy into his mother’s custody several hours later.
In January, 14-year-old Alam Reyes was killed when he fell from a Coney Island-bound F train he was surfing in Brooklyn.
Two months earlier, a 19-year-old man died after suffering a massive head injury while riding outside a Manhattan-bound E train in Queens.
Last year, the MTA and Mayor Adams’ office launched a campaign with the motto “Subway surfing kills — ride inside, stay alive” to deter riding outside city trains. In November, the NYPD announced it would launch drones to nab thrill seekers riding atop elevated trains.
