Ride at your own risk
It’s been a terrifying hell week on MTA trains and buses.
1. TUESDAY 10 a.m., near 277 Remsen Ave., Brooklyn
An MTA bus driver was smashed in the head with a 2-by-4 after getting into a dispute with a passenger in Brownsville. The man spit on the driver, ran off the bus, then chased the driver when he chased him.
2. TUESDAY 8 a.m., at an elevated station at 174th Street and Southern Boulevard, Bronx
A 54-year-old Bronx woman was shoved onto the subway tracks in an unprovoked attack. Her attacker, also a woman, fled the station. The victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she was treated and released.
3. SUNDAY 7:30 p.m., at West 4th Street/Washington Square subway station, Greenwich Village
A 28-year-old man was punched and slashed in the face during a dispute with another man on the D train. The victim, whom cops described as highly intoxicated, was slashed with a silver switchblade. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
4. SUNDAY, 10:30 a.m. ,at Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue, Jamaica, Queens
A 33-year-old man’s hands were slashed in a confrontation with a stranger who had made inappropriate advances to the victim’s friend. The attack occurred in the mezzanine area of the station as the victim was leaving.
5. SATURDAY 8:30 a.m., at Kosciuszko Street station, Bushwick, Brooklyn
A 30-year-old straphanger was stabbed in the face in a confrontation with a stranger on the J train. The attacker approached the victim and told him, “Why are you following me? You’re going to die today.” He then stabbed the man, puncturing his cheek and mouth.
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6. WEDNESDAY 10:50 p.m., Grand Central Station
A 22-year-old man who asked another passenger to turn down his music on a northbound 6 train was slashed in the face with a razor blade. The suspect ran off the train. The victim, who was with his girlfriend, was listed in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital.
7. WEDNESDAY, 8:30 a.m., 14th Street/1st Avenue station in Manhattan
A 61-year-old straphanger was slashed in the face with a boxcutter on an L train platform after a dispute that started when the attacker kicked the victim’s bag. The suspect fled.