Woman Dies After Being Set on Fire in Subway Car, Police Say NYT | Top Stories Johnny Diaz and Sara Ruberg 23 December 2024 at 08:37 The police said a man was taken into custody. The victim had been seated in a subway car at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Sunday morning when a man set her on fire. © Dakota Santiago for The New York TimesInvestigators at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station in Brooklyn on Sunday after a woman aboard a subway car was set on fire and died.