Brooklyn Station To Be Dedicated To MTA Worker Killed In Fire

BROOKLYN, NY — An MTA train operator tragically killed in an arson attack in Harlem earlier this year will soon be honored at the subway station where he grew up in Brooklyn.

Joined by his widow, transit officials announced Monday that they will soon dedicate the Flatbush Avenue-Brooklyn College station for Garrett Goble, who was found unconscious on the tracks after helping riders flee a fire at the Central Park North–110th Street station in March.

Goble, 36, was later pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital.

The announcement comes a few days after a suspect in the arson attack was charged with murder.

"Today is an emotional day for everyone at NYC Transit, but we also feel tremendous relief," NYC Transit Interim President Sarah Feinberg said. "Nothing can bring Garrett back, but this is progress, and we are grateful. I have had the great fortune of getting to know Garrett's wife Delilah over the course of the last year and know this arrest brings great comfort to her and the entire Goble family."

Members of the NYPD from the Transit Bureau, Manhattan's 28th Precinct and the Manhattan North detective squads, who all worked on the case, joined transit officials and the family at the announcement.

"This was an important case for the NYC Transit family and for the NYPD," said Chief Kathleen O'Reilly, commanding officer of the NYPD Transit Bureau. "It was a senseless crime that cost a heroic train operator who was moving essential workers across the city his life, and we worked tirelessly to bring his loved ones the justice and closure they and he deserved."

The Brooklyn station dedication will include a work of art to honor Goble's legacy and a plaque at the station, officials said. The TWU Local 100 union also plans to set up a scholarship in Goble's name, they said Monday.

"We've been waiting for this for a long time," Delilah Goble, Garrett's widow, said about the arrest. "It came just in time. Because my son's birthday is tomorrow, and he was really looking – he wants justice for his dad, just like we do."