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The Subway Girl Video or the Subway Queen, also known as Sydney Claire Goins, refers to a viral video of a woman getting off of a subway car after being embroiled in an argument with a Black woman, then calling her the n-word right as the subway door closes. The video went viral in February 2026, inspiring memes and reactions online. As the video went viral, the woman was nicknamed "Subway Girl" or "Subway Queen" and her alleged social media accounts were found, with many believing her to be a New Yorker named Sydney Claire Goins. Goins made numerous posts claiming to be the Subway Queen and embracing the virality. Some memes compared Subway Girl to the man in the JetBlue Racist Burger King video.

Origin

On February 8th, 2026, X^[1] user @thedevrrrrrrr reuploaded a video that was recently made private of a woman, the Subway Queen, standing on the subway, a book in hand, as a Black woman yells at her for an unknown reason. Another man is seen recording the Subway Queen. The subway stops and she gets off as the Black woman yells, "Bye, bitch. Bye, ugly bitch." Right before the subway door closes, the Subway Queen leans forward and says the n-word. The woman she was fighting with and her friend rush the door to try and pry it open, but fails.

The post gained over 12.6 million views, 110,000 likes and 7,400 reposts in three days. The caption expresses support for the Subway Queen, reading, "I think we just found the next burger king meme. This girl is going absolutely viral for calling a bunch of blacks the n word on the subway and then stepping out of the door right before they could catch her."

Spread

The video spread over the following days in early February 2026, resulting in memes and reactions. Many of the most popular posts regarding the video show support for the Subway Queen.

On February 8th, 2026, X^[2] user @cliffster posted a video edit that hypes up the Subway Queen, garnering over 18,000 likes in three days. It was reposted to the user's TikTok^[3] page the next day to over 320,000 views in two days.

On February 9th, X^[4] user @NewRightPoast quoted the video, writing, "Seen subway doors open enough times after shutting to know this girl had nothing less than the power of God and anime on her side," a reference to the viral Power of God and Anime video, garnering over 20,000 likes in two days.

Later that day, X^[5] user @imUrB00gieman posted, "In the United States, a new folk heroine nicknamed The Subway Queen. A girl on the New York subway was unreasonably insulted by a crowd of black people…" garnering over 8,900 likes in two days.

As the video continued to spread, the X^[6] account @sydgoins and the TikTok^[7] account @go.syd spread alongside claims that they belonged to the woman in the video. The owner of the accounts embraced this and took ownership of the claim by making posts referring to herself as the Subway Queen.

On February 9th, she posted a video responding to a comment reading "They dragging you on Twitter," responding saying "Yeah I know" and then speaking unintelligibly. In the comment section, she claims that she was assaulted on the subway, which led to the moment shown in the viral video.^[8]

On February 10th, X^[9] user @nonregemesse posted a screenshot from one of Subway Queen's old TikTok videos, writing, "The Subway Girl used to look like Rachel Brosnahan," garnering over 5,900 likes in a day.

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