Police arrested and charged a Brooklyn man with attempted murder for allegedly shoving two other men onto the tracks at an Upper East Side subway station this week, NYPD officials said.
Bairon Hernandez, a 34-year-old Sunset Park resident, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon in the same police precinct where the shovings occurred, officials said. He is also facing assault and reckless endangerment charges in connection with the incident, which police said happened at the 63rd Street–Lexington Avenue stop on the F and Q lines around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.
Police said Hernandez first came up behind a 30-year-old man on the southbound platform and pushed him onto the tracks, then did the same to an 83-year-old man standing nearby. Both victims were taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, with the younger man in stable condition and the older man in critical condition, authorities said.
Hernandez’s attorney information was not yet available early Wednesday. Police said he fled the scene after the shovings, which they described as unprovoked.
Major crimes in transit are up more than 8% citywide so far this year compared to the same period in 2025, according to NYPD data. Overall felony assaults in the city are down more than 2%, the data shows.
This story is based on preliminary information from police and may be updated.