Subway riders sat on dark trains over the Williamsburg Bridge for nearly two hours Wednesday night as authorities tried to capture a loose dog on the tracks.
The MTA said Queens-bound M trains were turning back at Marcy Avenue and not going over the Williamsburg Bridge because crews were trying to get a dog off the tracks on the bridge, according to officials. The dog was spotted just south of Marcy Avenue.
Power was cut to the tracks and trains as emergency responders got onto the tracks to try to retrieve the dog.
The MTA said the dog had been rescued and service resumed by late Wednesday night — but people on stuck trains said they were still on the bridge, some for two hours.
"J train to BK, been about an hour on the bridge," one man tweeted to News 4 at around 11 p.m. "Police walked through the train with Chinese takeout, crawled underneath, all around. The dog evaded many capture attempts. Power was cut, restored, cut again, restored again. Many false starts, still here."
It's not the first time a dog on the tracks has halted subway service in recent months. Last February, a runaway dog named Dakota escaped from a dog park and leaped onto the tracks at Jay Street-Metrotech. And last March, a spaniel mix named Myko wound up on the tracks at Hoyt-Schermerhorn during a nor'easter. Both dogs were safely rescued.
I'm stuck on a train midway over the Williamsburg bridge because there's A DOG ON THE TRACKS and they had to TURN THE POWER OFF so that NYPD CAN SAFELY RETRIEVE IT. IT'S DARK IN HERE. pic.twitter.com/n959mGRzzL
— Anna K. Logic (@Ramona_Flowers) January 3, 2019
Theres a dog on the Williamsburg bridge. Ive been waiting an hour to go 2 stops while the NYPD “investigates.” I would like you to apologize to me on behalf of the dog.
— Anders Lee (@andersleehere) January 3, 2019
The dog walking on the Williamsburg Bridge that shut down J train service for over an hour was just trying to get home efficiently after a ruff day of work leave him alone
— Connor "Mmm Papparment Moucha" Relyea (@CRelyea12) January 3, 2019
IM REALLY STUCK AT CANAL STREET BC A DOG IS RUNNING AROUND ON THE TRACKS ON THE WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE IVE BEEN HERE FOR 40 minutes im so ready to leave this hellhole
— Neek (@Neekcreep) January 3, 2019
@NYCTSubway is out here giving case updates…. we been in the same spot FOR AN HOUR & yall talking about service has delayed. Theres a dog roaming around the Williamsburg bridge and we havent moved pic.twitter.com/8f0nPXco9x
— Trae
(@Trae_Say) January 3, 2019
@NYCTSubway people are relieving themselves between cars. Thanks @mta for the still going 100 minute train visit….
— Carlos Andres Varela (@cavaphoto) January 3, 2019
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