Overview
- Caleb Polidore, 26, was taken into custody at the 53rd Street R line station and charged with assault, weapons possession, menacing and harassment.
- The 33-year-old victim suffered multiple cuts around 1 p.m. Monday, was taken to NYU Langone–Brooklyn in stable condition, and was treated and released.
- Prosecutors said Polidore was ordered held on $3,000 bail at arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court, which he posted shortly after.
- Police say the confrontation began after the men accidentally bumped into each other near the turnstiles, and the attack appeared to involve a box cutter.
- NYPD data show transit crime in the 72nd Precinct up about 31% this year even as citywide transit crime declined nearly 5%, which officials cite as the safest year since 2009.