Overview
- Police say the victim, believed to be about 30, was stabbed in the chest around 10:15 p.m. on Nov. 4 on the northbound B platform at Bedford Park Boulevard.
- He boarded an out-of-service train and told an MTA worker he had been stabbed before first responders took him to St. Barnabas Hospital.
- By Wednesday afternoon, police said his condition improved from critical to stable.
- Detectives from the 52nd Precinct and Transit District 11 are investigating with no suspect description, no identified motive, and no arrests, and they are seeking tips through Crime Stoppers.
- NYPD data show felony assaults up 18% year over year in the 52nd Precinct even as overall transit crime there is slightly down and the subway system recorded one of its safest Octobers citywide.