--- title: Runaway Goats Cause First Cute Subway Delay Ever description: Two runaway goats wandering the tracks of the NYC subway caused some unexpected delays for commuters on Monday morning. canonical: https://time.com/5372265/goats-nyc-subway-mta/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-20T20:54:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:24.424Z og:title: Runaway Goats Caused the First Cute Subway Delay Ever og:description: "Two very baaaaaad boys" og:url: https://time.com/5372265/goats-nyc-subway-mta/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdace4922d763c9e/6989382597cdffc0e36b606f/goats-nyc-subway-mta.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: goats-nyc-subway-mta og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Runaway Goats Caused the First Cute Subway Delay Ever twitter:description: "Two very baaaaaad boys" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdace4922d763c9e/6989382597cdffc0e36b606f/goats-nyc-subway-mta.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Runaway Goats May Have Caused the First Cute Subway Delay Ever > Sponsored content. 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The goats were spotted roaming between the Fort Hamilton Parkway and 8th Avenue stops on the N line in Brooklyn just before 11 a.m. And while they initially didn’t disrupt M.T.A. service, their progress eventually forced southbound N trains to be diverted to the D line. “A new one for us (we think): Two goats are roaming along the N line tracks in Brooklyn,” the NYCT subway tweeted after being alerted to the goats’ presence. “They’re safe and not currently affecting service, but they are on the run. We’ll keep you posted.” > [](https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway/status/1031564998529699840) The saga came to an end around 1 p.m. when the two “baaaaaad boys” were tranquilized and captured. “UPDATE: goats in custody – tranquilized and still snoozing when our officers handed them over to specialists at Animal Care Center,” NYPD transit tweeted. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5372265/goats-nyc-subway-mta/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5372265/goats-nyc-subway-mta/"},"headline":"Runaway Goats May Have Caused the First Cute Subway Delay Ever","datePublished":"2018-08-20T20:54:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:24.424Z","description":"\"Two very baaaaaad boys\"","url":"https://time.com/5372265/goats-nyc-subway-mta/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdace4922d763c9e/6989382597cdffc0e36b606f/goats-nyc-subway-mta.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdace4922d763c9e/6989382597cdffc0e36b606f/goats-nyc-subway-mta.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"goats-nyc-subway-mta","caption":"goats-nyc-subway-mta","creditText":"Metropolitan Transportation Authority","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5372265/goats-nyc-subway-mta/","name":"Runaway Goats May Have Caused the First Cute Subway Delay Ever"}}]}] ```