Crime & Safety
Woman Robbed At Gunpoint On Washington Heights Train: Police
The robbery happened as a 1 train approached the Dyckman Street station about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, police said.
UPPER MANHATTAN, NY — A woman was robbed at gunpoint while riding the train in Upper Manhattan over the weekend, police said Monday.
A 35-year-old woman was riding the 1 train north about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday as it approached the Dyckman Street station, when a man walked up to her and flashed a gun, NYPD said.
He then took her wallet, police added.
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The robber fled the Dyckman station in an unknown direction.
There were no injuries reported.
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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).
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