{"id":105208,"date":"2026-01-19T23:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/105208\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T23:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:42:08","slug":"stranger-pushes-man-35-onto-nyc-train-tracks-in-second-random-subway-shove-of-2026-cops-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/105208\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger pushes man, 35, onto NYC train tracks in second random subway shove of 2026: cops, sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

A stranger pushed a 35-year-old man onto Brooklyn train tracks in an unprovoked burst of violence over the weekend \u2013 marking the second random subway shove of the year<\/a>, cops and sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe attacker allegedly shoved a 35-year-old man onto the R train tracks at 36th Street without saying a word early Sunday. NYPD<\/p>\n

The attacker bolted and had not been caught as of Monday afternoon, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The victim was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where he\u2019s listed in stable condition, police said.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The scary incident is the second to happen less than a month into 2026.<\/p>\n

The new year kicked off with its first unprovoked subway shoving incident on day one. In that incident, an apparently intoxicated medical student <\/a>hailing from Russia allegedly shoved a 72-year-old man<\/a> into a moving Bronx train around 3:30 a.m. New Year\u2019s Day, cops and sources said.<\/p>\n

The victim was knocked unconscious during that attack, but was ultimately hospitalized in stable condition, according to cops and prosecutors.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe alleged assailant fled the scene, while the victim was helped back onto the tracks by responding cops. NYPD<\/p>\n

Suspect Anton Aleshin, 29, was arrested and charged with attempted murder and has since been ordered held without bail.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Officials had touted<\/a> 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 \u2014 marking an all-time low \u2014 and a 62.5% drop in shootings.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information that could lead to an arrest in the latest subway shove is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).<\/p>\n

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crimestoppers website at https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, or on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A stranger pushed a 35-year-old man onto Brooklyn train tracks in an unprovoked burst of violence over the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[357,98,303,57,9,56,63,65,64,1686,7125,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-105208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-assaults","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-nyc-headlines","16":"tag-nyc-news","17":"tag-subway-shoves","18":"tag-sunset-park","19":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105208","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=105208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}