A stranger pushed a 35-year-old man onto Brooklyn practice tracks in an unprovoked burst of violence over the weekend – marking the second random subway shove of the yr, cops and sources mentioned.
The sufferer was standing on the southbound R practice platform at thirty sixth Road in Sundown Park round 4:55 a.m. Sunday, when the wacko walked up and knocked him onto the roadbed with out saying a phrase, in keeping with authorities and sources.
The attacker bolted and had not been caught as of Monday afternoon, police mentioned.
Fortunately, no trains seemed to be approaching the station on the time and the sufferer was helped again onto the platform by responding officers, the sources mentioned.
The sufferer was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, the place he’s listed in steady situation, police mentioned.
The suspect, proven close to the turnstile space in images launched by the NYPD Monday afternoon, has darkish curly hair and a brief beard, and was final seen sporting a black and grey jacket with khakis.
The scary incident is the second to occur lower than a month into 2026.
The brand new yr kicked off with its first unprovoked subway shoving incident on day one. In that incident, an apparently intoxicated medical scholar hailing from Russia allegedly shoved a 72-year-old man right into a transferring Bronx practice round 3:30 a.m. New Yr’s Day, cops and sources mentioned.
The sufferer was knocked unconscious throughout that assault, however was in the end hospitalized in steady situation, in keeping with cops and prosecutors.
Suspect Anton Aleshin, 29, was arrested and charged with tried homicide and has since been ordered held with out bail.
Officers had touted a promising finish of 2025 within the transit system, with a 4% drop in main subway crime in comparison with 2024. They highlighted a 12.5% decline in robberies — marking an all-time low — and a 62.5% drop in shootings.
Anybody with info that might result in an arrest within the newest subway shove is requested to name the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The general public may submit their ideas by logging onto the Crimestoppers web site at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.
