A man was fatally struck by a train Saturday evening at a Harlem subway station, police said.
The man, who has not yet been identified, was hit by an incoming No. 2/3 train heading uptown around 6:15 p.m. at the 125th St. station at W. 125th St and Lenox Ave.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The subway station does have some safety barriers along the platform’s edge, but only at a few spots near the turnstiles.
The subway station at 125th St. has a few barriers along the platform edge but mainly just near the turnstiles. (Julian Roberts-Grmela / New York Daily News)
Dereck Deblois, 32, who lives in Harlem, was waiting on the platform later that evening. He scoffed that the barriers offer scant protection.
“To be honest,” he said, “when you think about other cities like London that have, like, automatic doors that actually are intended to protect people, like, I don’t exactly know what this is going to do, from a public policy perspective, to prevent people from being pushed in front of the train.
“It’s like a 3-foot wall,” he shrugged, adding, “They’re not really across the whole platform.”
Service on the No. 3 train between Harlem-148th St. and 96th St. was suspended afterward, according to the MTA.
No criminality was suspected in the incident, cops said.
Originally Published: August 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM EDT