A grasp controller — which on an R160 subway automotive, like these on an R prepare, consists of a T-shaped deal with on the prepare operator’s right-hand facet — controls a subway’s acceleration and braking.
The prepare was parked on what’s known as a “layup track” between the 86th St. and ninety fifth St. stations alongside the Fourth Ave. line — in a piece of tracks meant for storing trains in a single day or in between rush hours, or for storing broken subways earlier than they are often moved again to a prepare yard for restore.
The theft was found shortly earlier than 5 p.m. Monday, although it was not instantly clear when it occurred.
The theft occurred alongside a stretch of southern Brooklyn layup monitor that’s turn into a sizzling spot for subway vandals. In Might, the identical layup monitor was the positioning of a joyride broadcast on social media, during which two younger transit trespassers threw an R prepare into reverse going 20 mph.
Neither the NYPD nor the MTA responded to requests for remark.
