Man Punched, Bloodied In Random Queens Subway Attack: NYPD

QUEENS, NY — A man was attacked in the culmination of an argument aboard a Manhattan-bound F train during the morning commute last week, according to police.

Around 8 a.m. on Feb. 10, the 35-year-old victim boarded the train at Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station when a stranger approached and began arguing with him en route to Queens Plaza station in Long Island City, police told Patch.

The argument escalated and the stranger punched the other in the face multiple times, resulting in lacerations and swelling to his eye, officials said.

First responders arrived quickly and treated the victim at the scene, police said.

The suspect, last seen wearing a black hat, dark jacket, blue jeans and dark shoes, stayed on the F train until Lexington Ave.-53rd St. station, where he fled in an unknown direction.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).