Woman Punched For Trying To Take Open Seat On BK Subway: Cops

BROOKLYN, NY — Police are asking the public's help to find a woman who punched someone for trying to sit next to her on a Brooklyn subway car.

The woman was sitting on an N train headed toward the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station around 8:30 a.m. last Thursday when a 29-year-old woman asked to sit in the empty seat next to her, according to police.

When the woman refused, the 29-year-old tried to sit down anyway, police said, causing a dispute between the two. The dispute escalated when the woman who had been sitting down punched the 29-year-old woman in her face and head, according to police.

Both of the women got off the train at the Barclays Center station, where the 29-year-old was treated by emergency responders for brushing and swelling, police said.

Police released a photo of the woman who is wanted on assault charges.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website atWWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.