G Train Derails in Brooklyn, Injuring Three

The front car of a southbound G train derailed some 600 feet from the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Station last night, leading to the evacuation of 80 odd straphangers through the tunnel walkway to the platform. Although there were no major injuries, a child and two adults were taken to Brooklyn Hospital for minor ones, the New York Daily News reported.

The G train, however, will not recover so quickly — delays and extremely limited service are expected along the entire line.

Subway derailments are rare: There have been far fewer than 100 train derailments in the entire history of the New York City subway. That said, derailments have historically been responsible for some of the subway’s more horrific crashes.

Most dramatically, the 1918 Malbone Street Wreck, the worst recorded accident in NYC subway history, occurred when an untrained motorman derailed speeding through a sharp curve, killing 97 people and injuring over 200.

Straphangers didn’t seem nearly as scared by last night’s derailment as they were bemusedly annoyed at the G train. The G is widely considered to be something of a runt line in the system.

G Train Carrying 100 Passengers Derails in Brooklyn [NY Daily News]
Top photo by Harrison Leong for Wikipedia

If a train is going to derail, might as well be the G. Nobodys riding it, and it won’t make anyone wait any longer than they would’ve anyway

— SullenTeenWitchNiral (@niralshah) September 11, 2015

G train derailment @ABC7NY #gtrain #derailment pic.twitter.com/F0PI6G4shO

— Tristan Vega (@t_monnn) September 11, 2015

G Train derails in Downtown Brooklyn #breakingnews #Subway #derail #Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/eR4hbrQB4w

— Louise Wateridge (@lyvonnephotos) September 11, 2015

On Scene at Hoyt-Schermerhorn Downtown Brooklyn #breakingnews #brooklyn pic.twitter.com/DxxOPjqsxn

— Louise Wateridge (@lyvonnephotos) September 11, 2015

just got out of a #derailed #gtrain #MTA gonna refund my $2.75? pic.twitter.com/RZAt7qtXj9

— Luke Wu (@lukewu) September 11, 2015