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# Woman Throws Oxygen Tank, Causes Subway Delays
- URL: https://bklyner.com/woman-throws-oxygen-tank-causes-subway-delays/
- Published: 2020-03-19T16:14:52.000Z
- Updated: 2020-03-19T16:34:58.000Z
- Author: Bklyner Staff
- Tags: Downtown Brooklyn, fire, fort greene, News, North Western Brooklyn, Police & Fire, mta, subway, subway delays, #wp

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN/FORT GREENE — Earlier this week an incident at the Nevins Street subway station caused delays and inconvenienced the few commuters left during evening hours.

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At 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday inside the Nevins Street station, a woman threw an oxygen tank from the northbound platform onto the train tracks, cops say. A 2 train hit the oxygen tank as it came into the station and created smoke temporarily. The suspect left the station, but was seen on subway surveillance footage.

According to the [NYCT Subway Twitter page](https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway?ref=bklyner.com), there were delays and multiple impacts throughout the evening as some trains bypassed the station, which serves the 2, 3, 4, and 5 lines.

> There are delays and multiple impacts to 2 and 3 service while NYPD conducts an investigation at Nevins St.
> 
> Northbound 2 trains are running on the express track from Franklin Av to Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, and then on the 5 line from Nevins St to 149 St-Grand Concourse.
> 
> — NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) [March 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway/status/1240055146446565377?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

Ridership on NYC subways has decreased by 60% [due to the COVID-19 outbreak](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/nyregion/coronavirus-nyc-subway-federal-aid-.html?ref=bklyner.com), and the MTA is asking for a $4 billion bailout.

No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.

*Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this individual is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at [WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM](http://www.nypdcrimestoppers.com/?ref=bklyner.com), or on Twitter @NYPDTips.*