{"id":104346,"date":"2026-01-19T02:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T02:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/104346\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T02:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T02:55:07","slug":"on-duty-mta-conductor-hospitalized-after-unprovoked-attack-in-queens-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/104346\/","title":{"rendered":"On-duty MTA conductor hospitalized after unprovoked attack in Queens: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 An MTA conductor was hospitalized after an unprovoked attack at a Queens Subway station on Sunday night, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Around 5:45 p.m., the No. 7 train was pulling into the 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue station when the conductor stuck his head out of the window.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:More Local News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> More Local News <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Upon doing so, an unknown male began repeatedly punching the conductor in the face, police said. The man then fled the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The conductor was taken to a nearby hospital. Officials did not provide the conductor\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There were no arrests at the scene and the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:crimestoppers.nypdonline.org;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spencer Gustafson is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered New York state and city news since 2023. See more of his work <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/spencer-gustafson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 An MTA conductor was hospitalized after an unprovoked attack at a Queens Subway station&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[7545,9,24,63,122,124,123,1657,1959],"class_list":["post-104346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-nearby-hospital","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-subway-station","tag-unprovoked-attack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}