Subway Raccoon Avoids Capture At Brooklyn Station: Report

DOWNTOWN, BROOKLYN — Nevins Street station's newest pet isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

A raccoon that has been hanging out at the Downtown Brooklyn subway station avoided capture Friday after straphangers spotted him wandering around the platform, about a month after the critter first emerged at the station.

"There is literally.. a living, walking RACCOON.. on the downtown Nevins St. platform," one straphanger told the MTA on Twitter Thursday afternoon.

The furry bandit, named Chepe by transit officers, was seen again Friday by straphanger Seth Gross, who sent photos of him to the New York Post.

Cops told the Post that Chepe will typically come out of his usual hiding spot by the train tunnel, but seemed to be scared by the train noise.

The officers used a cage stocked with plantains, chicken and a bagel to lure the raccoon resident, but were unnsuccesful.

"Chepe did make it into the cage at one point — only to evade capture when police tried to shut him in," the Post reported.

Transit workers said Chepe likely dug himself in near the station's break room.

The transit agency told the straphanger who alerted them on Twitter that they were aware the "raccoon friend" had returned.

Chepe isn't the first raccoon to make his way into one of the city's subway stations.

Earlier this year, straphangers and elected officials worried about raccoons that seemed to be taking over the Canarsie L train station.

The Post reports that raccoon-related train disruptions have more than doubled this year compared to 2018.