Wires fall from elevated subway tracks in Brooklyn onto cars below

CBS News New York

Some wires fell from elevated train tracks on parked cars in Brooklyn Friday morning. 

It happened at around 6:20 a.m. on the J line at Linwood Street and Fulton Street in Cypress Hills. 

Cable fell from an elevated subway track onto parked cars in Brooklyn on Jan. 30, 2026.  CBS News New York

Footage from the scene showed the cable fell on multiple cars, damaging some rearview mirrors. 

MTA says service wasn't impacted, and Con Edison said there were no outages as a result. 

Check back soon for more on this developing story. 

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