DEADLY KNIFE FIGHT

Subway teen slain

A 14-year-old was stabbed to death at the 137th StreetCity College subway station in Manhattan Saturday afternoon in a fight with an older teen, according to police.

The two started brawling on a northbound 1-line platform at about 3 p.m., and one pulled out a knife, sources said.

The younger teen was stabbed in the stomach and rushed to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The victim knew his attacker, who fled from the station, police said. The assailant is 18 or 19 years old with an Afro and wore an orange shirt and black pants.

Someone who matched the description of an individual seen in the station was later taken into custody, Chief of Transit Jason Wilcox told reporters at a news conference Saturday night.

The male was suffering from stab wounds to the back and the abdomen and was taken to a hospital. His role in the stabbing is unclear at this time, said Wilcox, adding that the attack does not appear to have been random.

The MTA partially suspended 1-line service because of the police investigation into the crime.

“This senseless and tragic incident is awful. We are cooperating with the NYPD investigation that remains in its early stages,” NYC Transit President Richard Davey said.

Sheila Lowe, 63, said incidents like the stabbing made her afraid to take the train.

“You’re not even safe in the daytime anymore. They’re doing things in the daytime now,” Lowe said. “They have no respect for the cops or nobody. Where are the parents of these kids doing this mess? I just don’t understand.”

A 15-year-old boy who rode by the station on his scooter Saturday afternoon said he knew the victim from school and was shocked.

“It’s devastating, bro. This never should’ve happened. It’s sad. The kid was growing up and had so much to look forward to,” he said.

Mayor Adams, speaking at an event in The Bronx for a youth program called Saturday Night Lights, said the stabbing reinforced the need for “safe spaces for our young people.”

“We are going to find out exactly what happened and we are going to find the person responsible,” he said.