Crime & Safety

2 Men Stabbed In Harlem Subway Station Amid Fight, Police Say

Two young men were stabbed on a Harlem subway platform early Wednesday after getting into a fight with an unknown man, police said.

Around 1 a.m., the two young men were on the northbound 2 train platform at the West 135th Street-Lenox Avenue station when they got into a dispute with the unidentified suspect.
Around 1 a.m., the two young men were on the northbound 2 train platform at the West 135th Street-Lenox Avenue station when they got into a dispute with the unidentified suspect. (Google Maps)

HARLEM, NY — A man stabbed two other men in a Harlem subway station early Wednesday after getting into a fight with them, according to police.

Around 1 a.m., the two young men were on the northbound 2 train platform at the West 135th Street-Lenox Avenue station when they got into a dispute with the unidentified suspect.

The other man took out a knife and stabbed the two victims, who are 19 and 20 years old, according to an NYPD spokesperson.

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A short time later, both men walked into Harlem Hospital, which sits right outside the subway station. The 20-year-old man had multiple stab wounds to the torso, while the 19-year-old had been stabbed in the neck. Both men were expected to survive, police said.

The suspect left the station and fled to an unknown location, police said. No arrests have been made, and the suspect was described only as a Black man wearing a dark bubble jacket.

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