{"id":126224,"date":"2026-02-07T15:07:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/126224\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T15:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:07:23","slug":"brooklyn-subway-assault-suspect-sought-for-shoving-woman-onto-tracks-on-c-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/126224\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn subway assault: Suspect sought for shoving woman onto tracks on C line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/brooklyn-subway-shove-nypd-0207026.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"suspect sought for brooklyn shove attack\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Brooklyn subway assault: Suspect sought for shoving woman onto tracks on C line 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Transit detectives in Brooklyn are looking for the deranged suspect who shoved a woman onto the tracks at a subway station last month.<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Transit detectives in <a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/brooklyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brooklyn<\/a> are looking for the deranged suspect who shoved a woman onto the tracks at a subway station last month.\n<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD released on Feb. 6 images of the perpetrator sought for the attack that occurred at about 10 p.m. on Jan. 8 at the Lafayette Avenue station on the C line in Fort Greene.\n<\/p>\n<p>Police reported that the suspect approached the victim, a 58-year-old woman, as she waited on the Manhattan-bound platform and shoved her from behind, causing the woman to fall onto the tracks.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137818660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20230924_111736-2048x1536-1.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"C subway train in brooklyn\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" title=\"Brooklyn subway assault: Suspect sought for shoving woman onto tracks on C line 2\"  \/>A C train leaves Franklin Avenue station.Photo by Ben Brachfeld\n<\/p>\n<p>The perpetrator fled the station in an unknown direction, law enforcement sources said, as other passengers on the platform helped bring the fallen woman back to safety before a train could arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd88pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">88th Precinct<\/a> and NYPD Transit District 30 responded to the incident. EMS rushed the victim to Brookdale University Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Police described the suspect as a female with a medium complexion who was last seen wearing dark-colored clothing.\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Transit detectives in Brooklyn are looking for the deranged suspect who shoved a woman onto the tracks at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,19820,100,99,54726,784,3012,54727,9,24,63,4850,791,54728,54729,23526,54730,54731,47621,54732,54733],"class_list":{"0":"post-126224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-crime","10":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","11":"tag-brooklyn-news","12":"tag-c-line-subway","13":"tag-crime-stoppers","14":"tag-fort-greene","15":"tag-lafayette-avenue-station","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-nyc-subway-crime","20":"tag-nypd-investigation","21":"tag-nypd-transit","22":"tag-public-tips-requested","23":"tag-subway-safety","24":"tag-subway-shove-attack","25":"tag-surveillance-images-released","26":"tag-suspect-sought","27":"tag-transit-assault","28":"tag-violent-crime-brooklyn"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126224","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=126224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}