An MTA worker was caught stealing $11,000 in brass subway parts, which he resold as scrap, officials said yesterday.
Keith Barton, 62, was charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.
A supervisor who worked with him at the Coney Island rail yard noticed that several brass axel rings — which connect the axel to the wheels on subways — were missing.
“The supervisor deserves the credit for catching him,” said MTA Inspector General Barry Kluger.
Barton, who faces up to seven years in jail if convicted, declined to comment.