--- description: NYPD continues its crackdown on dance crews who perform inside subway cars title: NYC Subway Dancers Face Higher Arrest Rates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf37fc60e8076d7d4/69869a3a361760ebd990ce46/107106232.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [cities](/tag/cities/) ## cities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # NYC Subway Dancers Face Higher Arrest Rates by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 1, 2014 10:10 PM CUT  New York City Subway dancer Marcus Walden aka Mr Wiggles performs acrobatic tricks on the subway while passengers watch Nov. 23, 2010. New York City Subway dancer Marcus Walden aka Mr Wiggles performs acrobatic tricks on the subway while passengers watch Nov. 23, 2010.Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 1, 2014 10:10 PM CUT The dancers who use New York City’s subway cars as a performance venue for flashy moves that include flipping, spinning and hanging upside-down, seem to be fighting a losing battle against the city’s cops. The New York City Police Department has made 182 arrests for reckless endangerment thus far in 2014, compared with 40 arrests in the first half of 2013\. It’s part of NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton’s “broken windows” approach to policing, which takes on a series of smaller quality of life matters in hopes that it will reduce more serious crime. Though there have been no injuries reported this year, dancers often engage in stunts just inches away from passengers’ faces. Depending on the passenger, the performance is either a fun addition to a grueling commute, or a nuisance from which they cannot escape. _With reporting by Justin Worland_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2947284/nyc-subway-dancers-face-higher-arrest-rates/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2947284/nyc-subway-dancers-face-higher-arrest-rates/"},"headline":"NYC Subway Dancers Face Higher Arrest Rates","datePublished":"2014-07-01T22:10:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:55:58.301Z","description":"NYPD continues its crackdown on dance crews who perform inside subway cars","url":"https://time.com/2947284/nyc-subway-dancers-face-higher-arrest-rates/","keywords":["cities","Crime","New York City","NYC","Arrest","NYPD","subway"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf37fc60e8076d7d4/69869a3a361760ebd990ce46/107106232.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf37fc60e8076d7d4/69869a3a361760ebd990ce46/107106232.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"New York City Subway dancer Marcus Walde","caption":"New York City Subway dancer Marcus Walde","creditText":"Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/cities/","name":"cities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2947284/nyc-subway-dancers-face-higher-arrest-rates/","name":"NYC Subway Dancers Face Higher Arrest Rates"}}]}] ```