Mom of New York teen who killed subway surfer plans to sue MTA

The mother of a 15-year-old Manhattan boy who died while ‘subway surfing’ on the Williamsburg Bridge plans to sue the MTA for not blocking empty parts of a train used for a daredevil stunt, she told The Post.

Alphabet City’s Norma Nazario said she reviewed the footage on her late son Zachary’s phone and found nothing stopped him from climbing onto the roof of the J train, where he eventually hit his head and died on Monday.

“[The videos] show that he has easy access. No alarms, no security, no cameras, nothing!” Nazario said before her son’s wake Thursday night.

“He could access everything on trains, empty cars, train stations, no one [was] looking. I was so surprised.”

The grieving mother said transportation bosses have known for a decade that thrill-seeking teens ride outside trains, but are making no apparent effort to restrict access to those areas.

“Don’t get me wrong, my son, he had no business doing what he did. But they knew that 10 years ago, kids did it so easily,” she said. “My son is dead. When are they going to do something?

She added, “Obviously I plan to sue.”

Nazario said she wanted to discuss possible measures to prevent subway surfing with Mayor Eric Adams, but did not elaborate.

According to police, Zachary was riding on the roof of a northbound J train over a bridge with his girlfriend when he hit his head on a metal beam at 6:45 p.m. and fell under the train.

Apparently he turned his head to look at his girlfriend when he was hit and fell.

Nazario cremated Zachery’s remains on Friday and said she plans to move his ashes to her family’s apartment.

I’m going to bring his ashes home. I want my son to be in his room one way or another,” she said.

Subway incidents increased by 560% between January and May last year, with 449 incidents compared to 68 in the same period in 2021, according to the MTA.