A 25-year-old man was shot in the leg just after 8 p.m. when two men tried to rob him on the northbound B and D train platform at the Tremont Avenue station, according to police. The victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital and is expected to survive, and officers were still searching for the two suspects.
Police said the two men approached the victim on the platform near Grand Concourse in Morris Heights and demanded his valuables, according to New York Daily News. A struggle broke out, and police say it ended when one of the robbers pulled out a firearm and shot the victim in his left leg. As reported by ABC7 New York, the shooting happened just after 8 p.m. at the station, with the two individuals demanding items belonging to the victim before the gunfire.
Medics rushed the victim to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was expected to survive, the Daily News reports. The two men fled the subway station, and no arrests had been made in the case as of the latest reports. A police source told the Daily News the suspects were wearing black hoodies and surgical masks.
Police Comb Station and Streets for Video
Investigators searched the station and surrounding streets for surveillance footage that might help identify and track down the two men, per the Daily News account. ABC7 New York similarly reported that police were searching for two suspects following the shooting, though neither outlet's reporting indicates that anyone has yet been identified or taken into custody.
The Tremont Avenue station has seen other violent incidents in recent memory. According to PIX11, early on November 5, 2022, a 57-year-old man was attacked while leaving the Tremont Avenue B and D station, with two unknown individuals approaching him and one striking him in the face with a blunt object, knocking him down. Back in December 2019, a 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the leg and robbed at the same Tremont Avenue station, the outlet also reported.
Other Bronx Subway Violence in Recent Memory
Other Bronx transit stations have also seen deadly violence. A 41-year-old man was shot and killed on a southbound B and D line platform at 170th Street and Grand Concourse, according to CBS News New York, which reported that officers found the man with multiple gunshot wounds. And a robbery involving four suspects targeted a 22-year-old man on a southbound No. 2 train near the East Tremont Avenue-West Farms station, as previously reported by Hoodline.
What the Numbers Say About Transit Safety
Citywide transit crime figures present a mixed picture. NYPD statistics reported earlier this year showed transit felonies down 1.5 percent and assaults down 5.5 percent year to date, even as robberies climbed 15 percent, rising to 136 compared with 118 over the same period the previous year, ABC7 New York reported. NYPD Chief of Transit Joseph Gulotta attributed that robbery increase to unusually cold weather, according to the same report, which also noted the department's plan to add 175 officers underground on top of 750 officers added by the governor. Police had said 2025 was the safest year on the subways since 2009.
A separate NYPD release reported different robbery figures for a later period, citing 302 robberies year to date, tying a record set in 2025, and 84 robberies in the third quarter, below a previous record low of 102 in 2025. The two sets of statistics cover different reporting periods, and it is not clear from available reporting how directly they compare to one another or to the circumstances of the Tremont Avenue shooting.
Elsewhere on the system, a 27-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach on a southbound No. 4 train at the Wall Street station, with police saying the attacker may have been a robber, according to the same ABC7 New York report. No arrests have been announced in the Tremont Avenue shooting, and police continue to search for the two men involved.
