{"id":84885,"date":"2025-12-30T19:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/84885\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T19:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:22:07","slug":"man-33-slashed-by-stranger-over-innocent-bump-at-brooklyn-subway-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/84885\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 33, slashed by stranger over innocent bump at Brooklyn subway stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 33-year-old man was viciously slashed in the face after he innocently bumped into a stranger at a Brooklyn subway stop, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/12\/24\/nyc-sees-1000-fewer-shooting-victims-in-2025-than-4-years-ago-nypd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">police<\/a> said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s slashing at the 53rd St. station at Fourth Ave. in Sunset Park was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/12\/27\/man-slashed-head-manhattan-subway-arguing-stranger\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the second time in nine days<\/a> that a slashing in the subway was sparked by two men accidentally bumping into one another, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The victim told police that he was on the station\u2019s mezzanine level by the turnstiles at 1 p.m. when he bumped into 26-year-old Caleb Polidore.<\/p>\n<p>The two men, who didn\u2019t know each other, immediately got into an argument over what happened, cops said. A few moments later, Polidore pulled out a blade and slashed the older victim about the face and body, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>EMS rushed the victim to NYU Langone-Brooklyn, where he was treated for minor injuries and released.<\/p>\n<p>Polidore was arrested at the scene and charged with assault, weapons possession, menacing and harassment. During his arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court Tuesday, he was ordered held on $3,000 bail, which he quickly posted, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p>Police said this is Polidore\u2019s first arrest.<\/p>\n<p>In an unrelated incident on Dec. 20, a 38-year-old man was slashed\u00a0aboard a crowded southbound\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/12\/27\/woman-beaten-by-stranger-harlem-subway-elevator\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/12\/27\/woman-beaten-by-stranger-harlem-subway-elevator\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 6 train<\/a> nearing the Lexington Ave.-51st St. station after he and another man got into a heated dispute after bumping into each other, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>The attacker whipped out a sharp object and slashed the man on the head before exiting the train and fleeing on foot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Police say they are looking for this man in connection with a subway slashing in Manhattan on Dec. 20. (NYPD)\" width=\"1800\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Manhattan-subway-assault-12-20-25-NYPD_b5effe.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8649235\" \/>Police say they are looking for this man in connection with a subway slashing in Manhattan on Dec. 20. (NYPD)<\/p>\n<p>The victim was transported to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/12\/22\/woman-66-fatally-struck-by-hummer-in-manhattan\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/12\/22\/woman-66-fatally-struck-by-hummer-in-manhattan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bellevue Hospital<\/a>\u00a0in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Cops recovered surveillance images of the slasher in the Dec. 20 attack in the hopes someone recognizes him.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the slasher\u2019s whereabouts is urged to call NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 33-year-old man was viciously slashed in the face after he innocently bumped into a stranger at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-84885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84885","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=84885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}