Teenager Found Dead on 1-Line Subway Tracks

A young man found was dead on the tracks of the 1-line subway between the 116th and 125th Street stations on Thursday.

Adam Brenes, 17, was a senior at New York City’s High School for Environmental Studies in midtown.

Investigators have determined that Brenes was killed by a northbound 1-train as he was walking along the tracks between stations early Thursday morning.
The Office of the Medical Examiner was unavailable for comment.

A memorial service for Brenes was held Sunday at 11:00 a.m. in the social hall of the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew at West 86th Street and West End Avenue in Manhattan, and was attended by dozens of friends and family members.

“Usually you have 10, 15, tops 20 people attending these services. But at around 1 or 1:30 p.m. there were more than 100 people, everyone well-dressed,” Vince, a security guard at the church, said Sunday.

Friends of Brenes said that a wake is planned for Monday at 3:00 p.m. at the Ortiz Funeral Home on 72nd Street between Broadway and West End Avenue.