{"id":88144,"date":"2026-01-03T13:51:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/88144\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T13:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:51:32","slug":"man-charged-with-slamming-72-year-old-into-subway-train-in-unprovoked-attack-is-brooklyn-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/88144\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with slamming 72-year-old into subway train in unprovoked attack is Brooklyn doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The man accused of attempted murder after allegedly knocking a 72-year-old man unconscious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/01\/01\/man-72-hurt-when-stranger-throws-him-against-side-of-bronx-subway-train-in-unprovoked-attack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:by shoving him into a moving Bronx subway train;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">by shoving him into a moving Bronx subway train<\/a> in an unprovoked attack near Yankee Stadium is a medical resident from Brooklyn, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anton Aleshin is also facing assault, harassment and reckless endangerment charges for the attack on the No. 4 train platform at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mta.info\/maps\/subway-line-maps\/4-line\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:161st St.-Yankee Stadium station;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">161st St.-Yankee Stadium station<\/a> just three hours after the ball fell in Times Square New Year\u2019s Day. Aleshin, 29, is facing the harassment charge because of his victim\u2019s age and the age disparity between the two men, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The alleged assailant is a doctor from Russia who is in a residency program at Brookdale University Hospital, officials with knowledge of the case said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The victim was on the Manhattan-bound platform around 3:30 a.m. Thursday when Aleshin crept up behind him and shoved him into the side of a train that had just pulled into the station, officials said. The senior bounced off the side of the train and fell back onto the platform unconscious, according to court documents. He suffered a deep cut to the head from his impact with the train.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The attack was completely unprovoked, cops said. Aleshin didn\u2019t say anything to the senior before he pounced and the two men didn\u2019t know each other, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Medics rushed the senior to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nychealthandhospitals.org\/locations\/lincoln\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lincoln Hospital;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Lincoln Hospital<\/a>, where he\u2019s expected to recover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cops grabbed Aleshin at the scene. While being questioned by police, he gave a statement that led to charges being filed against him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The attack was caught on surveillance video, Bronx prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During his arraignment late Thursday, a Bronx Criminal Court judge ordered him held without bail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Aleshin lives in Brooklyn near Brookdale University Hospital, almost 20 miles from where he attacked the senior. This is his first arrest in New York, cops said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was not immediately clear what he was doing in the Bronx, or why he targeted the senior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Aleshin<a href=\"https:\/\/npidb.org\/doctors\/student_health_care\/student-in-an-organized-health-care-education-training-program_390200000x\/1689410250.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:joined Brookdale University Hospital in 2024;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> joined Brookdale University Hospital in 2024<\/a> and was listed as a \u201cstudent in an organized health care education\/training program\u201d according to the website <a href=\"http:\/\/npidb.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:npidb.org;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">npidb.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Calls to Brookdale for comment about Aleshin\u2019s arrest were not immediately returned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Legal Aid, which represented him at his arraignment, declined to comment when reached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The man accused of attempted murder after allegedly knocking a 72-year-old man unconscious by shoving him into a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[42357,42355,6060,33228,98,100,99,9,24,63,42356,1959],"class_list":{"0":"post-88144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-aleshin","9":"tag-anton-aleshin","10":"tag-bronx-criminal-court","11":"tag-brookdale-university-hospital","12":"tag-brooklyn","13":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","14":"tag-brooklyn-news","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-officials","19":"tag-unprovoked-attack"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88144","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=88144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}