A 31-year-old man was slashed while riding a subway train in Brooklyn early Sunday morning, according to the NYPD. Police say the attack unfolded around 1:25 a.m. on a northbound D train, when a verbal dispute between the man and another rider escalated into violence.
According to PIX11, police say the confrontation began as a simple argument before an unidentified man allegedly punched the victim in the face and then slashed him in the arm with a sharp object. The attacker reportedly remained on the train after the assault, rather than fleeing the scene immediately.
The victim got off the train at the Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street subway station, where EMS responded and transported him to a local hospital. The NYPD has since released a photo of the suspect and is asking anyone with information to come forward.
Pattern of Late-Night Slashings on Brooklyn Lines
This is not the only recent slashing reported on a Brooklyn D train. On July 31, a 30-year-old man was slashed across his right hand at the Pacific Street station after a stranger questioned him about a tattoo on his arm and whether he was in a gang, per the same account from amNewYork. That victim was taken by EMS to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital for treatment, and the suspect fled the station, last seen wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans.
As of amNewYork's report, no arrests had been made and the investigation remained ongoing in that case. The supplied evidence does not indicate whether an arrest or formal charges have followed in Sunday's Fourth Avenue incident either.
Mixed Trends in Transit Crime Citywide
The two Brooklyn slashings arrive amid a mixed picture for subway safety. NYPD statistics cited by ABC7 New York show transit felonies down 1.5% and assaults down 5.5% year to date, even as transit robberies climbed 15%, rising to 136 incidents from 118 over the same period the year before. Police told the station that 2025 was the safest year on the city's subways since 2009, though the report also noted three subway murders so far this year, compared with none at the same point in 2025.
The NYPD said it is adding 175 officers underground, on top of 750 officers added by the governor, according to the station's report. Separately, researchers at Vital City have found that subway assaults have tripled since 2009 even as robbery and grand larceny declined, and that felony assaults occur roughly once every 2.3 million rides. The same analysis found the highest per-rider risk of violent crime concentrated at smaller, lower-ridership stations during late-night and early-morning hours, and that half of all violent subway crimes took place at just 30 of the city's 472 stations.
Anyone with information about Sunday's slashing is asked to contact NYPD Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), by visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers can reach Crime Stoppers by dialing 1-888-57-PISTA (74782), and tips can also be submitted through the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app.
