Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Contrary to the plaintiffs' contentions, their claim that the defendant the New York City Transit Authority was negligent in failing to lock a subway platform gate, as it had previously done, thus allowing the injured plaintiff's assailant to enter a secluded area, where she was assaulted, did not involve a proprietary function of the defendant (see, Weiner v. Metropolitan Transp. Auth., 55 N.Y.2d 175; see also, Bonner v. City of New York, 73 N.Y.2d 930; Miller v. State of New York, 62 N.Y.2d 506; Farber v. New York City Tr. Auth., 143 A.D.2d 112). Thus, absent a special relationship between the plaintiffs and the defendant, the instant action against the defendant was barred (see, Bonner v. City of New York, supra; Miller v. State of New York, supra). Bracken, J.P., Kooper, Miller and Ritter, JJ., concur.