By Gus Saltonstall
A car drove through the fencing of an Upper West Side train station early Monday morning, photos shared with West Side Rag show, and FDNY confirmed.
An Audi crashed through the black fencing outside of the West 72nd Street and Broadway train station and onto the pedestrian plaza around 3:15 a.m., an FDNY spokesperson told the Rag.
“I came upon this scene this morning at 3:55 AM at West 72nd St (I work early mornings),” Brian Merrill Garcia wrote to West Side Rag. “I can’t say how or what happened other than what is obvious in the photo. The tow truck was slowly pulling the Audi away from the impact area. Debris was everywhere. The railing was thrown all the way back over to the subway vent in the middle of the median walkway.”
The FDNY did not have more details on how the car crashed, but did tell the Rag that the driver abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene.
As of Monday at 9:30 a.m., the black fencing was still scattered outside of the West 72nd Street train station, and broken car parts lined the cement.
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Wow that’s just insane! Glad no pedestrians were hurt. How out of control do you have to be driving for that to happen?!
Driver Ed classes for that driver! Lots of them
Can’t park that there, sir. You’re blocking a bike lane. And you don’t want to get THEM upset!
Ho ho ho pretty funny considering how many cyclists go through that stretch every day, would have been a real laff riot if he’d hit one.
The City keeps implementing changes that impact on lawful responsible drivers.
But the City does almost zero for the unlawful drivers – who are truly dangerous.
Drivers who are involved in criminal activity (drug sales, theft); under the influence; unlicensed; super speeders etc.
Like the July 2025 Canal Street driver who killed two when she was super-speeding and crashed – gun, drugs, alcohol, stolen car.
And she had a criminal case pending from April when she crashed in Broolyn injuring a pedestrian.
Tell me again how protected bike lanes are the danger to everyone, please, I dare you. This car was barely stopped by that flimsy fence. Should rip the whole mess down and put in legit bollards.