A stranger pushed a 35-year-old man onto Brooklyn train tracks in an unprovoked burst of violence over the weekend – marking the second random subway shove of the year, cops and sources said.
The victim was standing on the southbound R train platform at 36th Street in Sunset Park around 4:55 a.m. Sunday, when the wacko walked up and knocked him onto the roadbed without saying a word, according to authorities and sources.
The attacker allegedly shoved a 35-year-old man onto the R train tracks at 36th Street without saying a word early Sunday. NYPD
The attacker bolted and had not been caught as of Monday afternoon, police said.
Luckily, no trains appeared to be approaching the station at the time and the victim was helped back onto the platform by responding officers, the sources said.
The victim was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where he’s listed in stable condition, police said.
The suspect, shown near the turnstile area in photos released by the NYPD Monday afternoon, has dark curly hair and a short beard, and was last seen wearing a black and gray jacket with khakis.
The scary incident is the second to happen less than a month into 2026.
The new year kicked off with its first unprovoked subway shoving incident on day one. In that incident, an apparently intoxicated medical student hailing from Russia allegedly shoved a 72-year-old man into a moving Bronx train around 3:30 a.m. New Year’s Day, cops and sources said.
The victim was knocked unconscious during that attack, but was ultimately hospitalized in stable condition, according to cops and prosecutors.
The alleged assailant fled the scene, while the victim was helped back onto the tracks by responding cops. NYPD
Suspect Anton Aleshin, 29, was arrested and charged with attempted murder and has since been ordered held without bail.
Officials had touted a promising end of 2025 in the transit system, with a 4% drop in major subway crime compared to 2024. They highlighted a 12.5% decline in robberies — marking an all-time low — and a 62.5% drop in shootings.
Anyone with information that could lead to an arrest in the latest subway shove is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crimestoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.