A maniac shoved a 72-year-old man into the facet of an oncoming prepare Thursday morning — marking the primary random episode of Large Apple subway violence within the new 12 months, police mentioned.
The sufferer was ready for a Manhattan-bound No. 4 prepare on the Bronx’s 161-Yankee Stadium station round 3:30 a.m. when wack job Anton Aleshin, 29, allegedly pushed him, sending his head flying into the prepare, in keeping with cops.
Medics rushed the aged man to NYC Well being + Hospitals/Lincoln, the place he was listed in secure situation.
Police nabbed Aleshin on the scene, the NYPD mentioned. He was charged with tried homicide, assault and reckless endangerment, police mentioned.
Police sources mentioned he might have been drunk on the time.
Aleshin, of Brooklyn, was awaiting arraignment in Bronx Prison Court docket Thursday night time.
The terrifying assault got here days after a string of violence within the metropolis’s underground.
On Monday, Caleb Polidore, 26, allegedly slashed a 33-year-old man within the face with a boxcutter after the 2 inadvertently ran into each other inside a Brooklyn subway station.
The pair acquired right into a spat close to the turnstile contained in the 53rd Road R prepare earlier than Pollidore turned violent, police mentioned.
Polidore allegedly lower the sufferer within the face, neck and chest, in keeping with authorities.
Every week earlier, a brazen brute pummeled a 31-year-old feminine prepare conductor within the face and snatched her prepare keys whereas she was making an announcement on a stalled downtown Brooklyn prepare.
The thief punched her within the face via the prepare cabin window earlier than taking off, police mentioned.
The burst of underground assaults adopted Gov. Hochul boasting about subway security whereas saying a $77 million dedication towards retaining cops in stations citywide.
Hochul mentioned transit crime in 2025 had sunk to its lowest ranges in 16 years, with general subway crime down 15% from 2019.
Extra reporting by Joe Marino
