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NYPD Seeks Suspect in Broadway–Lafayette Subway Stabbing

Police say a dispute on a southbound train escalated at the station, leaving a 51-year-old man in stable condition with a stab wound.

Overview

  • The attack occurred around 5:21 a.m. on Jan. 28 at the B/D/F/M Broadway–Lafayette St station in Lower Manhattan.
  • After the train arrived, the confrontation spilled onto the platform, where the assailant stabbed the victim in the back with a knife.
  • EMS took the man to Bellevue Hospital, where he was treated and listed in stable condition.
  • The suspect, described as a man in his 20s to 30s, fled the scene and remained at large with no arrests reported.
  • NYPD detectives are investigating and seeking tips via Crime Stoppers as transit data show a 4% year-over-year decline in subway crime for 2025, with a slight December increase.