Site of the Malbone Street Wreck in Brooklyn, New York

Filed by Max the Cryptid Reporter

The Malbone Street wreck was the worst catastrophe in the history of the New York City subway system and the worst train crash in New York State. Almost 100 people died—an exact number was never determined—and around 250 riders injured, roughly half of the passengers. Many factors contributed to the Malbone Street wreck; mechanical deficiencies, circumstantial events, human error.  Despite the number of dead and the horrific way in which they died, the disaster was not formally memorialized unt