{"id":132441,"date":"2026-02-13T14:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/132441\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:24:08","slug":"nyc-subway-rider-whacked-with-milk-crate-across-the-face-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/132441\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC subway rider whacked with milk crate across the face: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"

QUEENS, NY. (PIX11) \u2014 A subway rider was whacked across the face with a milk crate in a Queens train station last month, police said Friday.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old man was attacked from behind while walking in the passageway of the Queens Plaza subway station at around 7:20 p.m. on Jan. 28, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n

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The straphanger was hit in the face with a milk crate and suffered a cut on the eye, police said. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

The suspect fled and was last seen wearing a black hat, black jacket, black shirt, black sweatpants, and brown shoes, police said.<\/p>\n

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Police are searching for a suspect in connection with an assault in a Queens subway station on Jan. 28, 2026. (Credit: NYPD)<\/p>\n

There have been no arrests.<\/p>\n

Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting\u00a0crimestoppers.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

Mira Wassef is a digital reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She joined PIX11 News in 2022. See more of her work here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n

For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"QUEENS, NY. (PIX11) \u2014 A subway rider was whacked across the face with a milk crate in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[56151,56660,9,56,63,65,64,103,3291],"class_list":["post-132441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-black-sweatpants","tag-milk-crate","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-nypd","tag-subway-rider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132441","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=132441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}