Crime & Safety
Man Stabbed On A Train In Heights Monday Morning: Police
It's the third stabbing on the subway in Upper Manhattan in less than a month.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY – A 30-year-old man was stabbed on the subway early Monday morning, a police spokesperson told Patch.
At approximately 5:29 a.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding a stabbing at the 163rd Street-Amsterdam Avenue subway station in Washington Heights.
Emergency responders transported the victim, who had a stab wound to his left arm, to Harlem Hospital in stable condition.
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A suspect fled the station, police said, and was described as a man in a grey sweatsuit.
“It happened on a northbound A train,” a police spokesperson confirmed.
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No arrests have been made, and an investigation is ongoing.
The incident is one of several recent stabbings on the subway in the area.
Earlier in September, a man was stabbed at the 207th Street A train station in Inwood. In August, another man was stabbed on the 191 Street 1 train in Washington Heights.
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