Crime & Safety

Three Attackers In Park Slope Subway Stabbing Remain On Loose: NYPD

A trio of attackers stabbed a 17-year-old boy Friday after he told them to turn their music down, according to police and reports.

A 17-year-old boy was stabbed on a subway train Friday headed into the Union Street-Fourth Avenue subway station, police said.
A 17-year-old boy was stabbed on a subway train Friday headed into the Union Street-Fourth Avenue subway station, police said. (Google Maps)

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — A trio of attackers involved in the weekend stabbing of a 17-year-old boy on a Park Slope-bound subway train remain on the loose, police said.

No arrests have been made as of Monday morning, an NYPD spokesperson said.

The stabbing unfolded Friday about 9:30 p.m. as an R train rolled into the Union Street subway station along Fourth Avenue, authorities said.

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The teen had told a group of three fellow passengers to turn down their music, which prompted a violent attack, the New York Post first reported.

One attacker stabbed the teen in his left thigh before the group ran away from the station, police said. The teen was taken to a local hospital and is expected to survive, authorities said.

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The attackers were all clad in dark attire, police said.

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