Brooklyn Subway Riders Attack MTA Worker Over Out-of-Service Machine: Police

Two women trying to use the metro-card machine at the Nostrand Avenue subway station in Bed-Stuy attacked an MTA employee when they couldn’t get the machine to work, according to the NYPD.

The 48-year-old employee was in the process of cleaning the northbound mezzanine around 9 a.m. on the morning of Monday, Nov. 9, police said, when the two women began yelling at her because the machine wasn’t working.

The abuse then turned physical, police said.

“One suspect struck the victim in the face with a purse and the other struck the victim with her fists causing pain to her lip and head,“ the NYPD said in a statement.

The victim was transported to Interfaith Medical Center in Crown Heights in stable condition.

The suspects, however, escaped before they could be detained.

The NYPD is now asking for the public’s help in identifying the two unruly subway passengers, who were captured on MTA surveillance cameras mid-dispute. (Photos included above.)

Anyone with information on the suspects or the crime is asked to call 1-800-577-8477.