{"id":161727,"date":"2026-03-12T20:34:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161727\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:34:42","slug":"mta-worker-assaulted-by-group-in-bronx-subway-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161727\/","title":{"rendered":"MTA worker assaulted by group in Bronx subway: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">HUNTS POINT, The Bronx (PIX11) \u2014 An MTA worker is recovering after being assaulted in a subway station in the Bronx, police said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 55-year-old worker was in the mezzanine of the Hunts Point Ave subway station when he was approached by four unknown people around 1:47 a.m. on Tuesday, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.pix11.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Get ongoing crime and safety coverage on our homepage;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Get ongoing crime and safety coverage on our homepage&quot;}\"> Get ongoing crime and safety coverage on our homepage <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The group got into an argument with the transit worker, during which two of the men present began punching the 55-year-old in the face, officials reported. The two men in the group ran away while the two women with them got on board a No. 6 train.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say they\u2019re looking for a woman last seen wearing a black vest, white shirt, black pants and black and white sneakers, another woman last seen wearing a black jacket, blue shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers, a man last seen wearing a white t-shirt, gray sweatpants and white sneakers and a second man last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black sweatpants and white and black sneakers.<\/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\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;crimestoppers.nypdonline.org&quot;}\" 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\">Dominique Jack is a digital content producer from Brooklyn with more than five years of experience covering news. She joined PIX11 in 2024. More of her work can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/dominique-jack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" 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\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HUNTS POINT, The Bronx (PIX11) \u2014 An MTA worker is recovering after being assaulted in a subway station&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[10969,128,9,24,63,1657,129,131,130,30923],"class_list":["post-161727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-black-sneakers","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-subway-station","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-transit-worker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161727","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=161727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}