Crime & Safety

Man Punches 4 Women In The Face At BK Subway Stations: NYPD

Police say one man was responsible for at least four separate subway station attacks over just a week in Brooklyn.

Police say one man was responsible for at least four separate subway station attacks over just a week in Brooklyn.
Police say one man was responsible for at least four separate subway station attacks over just a week in Brooklyn. (NYPD )

BROOKLYN, NY — In the span of just one week, a man attacked four women in subway stations across Brooklyn, police said.

Police had yet to catch the attacker, who traveled through Brooklyn punching female straphangers in the face for a week.

Police say the slew of attacks started on Oct. 28, when the man punched a 46-year-old woman in the face about 8 a.m. at the 95th Street station.

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The woman was taken to an area hospital with minor injuries to her face and head, according to the NYPD.

Just four hours later, the man attacked a 32-year-old woman waiting for a 3 train at the Hoyt Street station, police say. He punched the woman in the face, causing minor injuries, police said.

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The man seemed to be just ramping up. On Oct. 31, he punched a 24-year-old woman in the face waiting for a 2/4 train in Park Slope about 6:20 a.m., police said.

And as recently as Friday, the suspected attacker yelled at a 53-year-old woman before punching her in the face multiple times at the Flatbush Avenue station, police said.

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