A man NYPD investigators have linked to three separate robberies across the Brooklyn transit system is still being sought after allegedly stabbing a victim twice in the stomach during a struggle over a gold chain. The attack happened on November 8, when the suspect approached a 37-year-old man as he exited a northbound J train at the Kosciuszko Street station and tried to grab the chain from his neck. The victim fought back, and he was stabbed twice in the stomach during the struggle.
EMS crews rushed the victim to NYC Health + Hospitals/King County, where he was listed in stable condition, according to News 12 Brooklyn. Investigators say the suspect fled the scene on foot in an unknown direction.
A Pattern Police Are Still Piecing Together
The Kosciuszko Street stabbing is the third incident police have tied to the same suspect. Ten days earlier, on October 28, the man allegedly stole a bag belonging to a 31-year-old man who was asleep aboard a southbound J train, the same report notes. And on October 18, investigators say he snatched a pair of sunglasses from a 23-year-old woman riding a northbound A train near the Rockaway Avenue station.
Police have asked the public to help identify the man responsible for the string of robberies. The NYPD released two images of the suspect and is urging anyone with information to call 1-800-577-TIPS.
Robberies Climbing Across the Transit System
The Kosciuszko Street attack lands amid a broader rise in subway robberies citywide. NYPD crime statistics cited by ABC7 New York showed transit robberies up 15 percent so far in 2026, climbing to 136 reported incidents compared with 118 over the same period the year before, even as overall transit felonies and assaults declined by 1.5 percent and 5.5 percent, respectively, by the station's count. In response, the NYPD has been adding 175 officers underground on top of 750 officers deployed by the governor, per the same report.
Repeat offenders remain a persistent concern underground. An NYPD release noted that, as of October 6, more than half of the 734 people arrested for major subway crimes this year — 394 individuals — had been arrested at least three times before, with 214 of them racking up three or more arrests in 2026 alone.
Not an Isolated Case in Brooklyn
This is not the first time a single suspect has been connected to a string of Brooklyn transit robberies. A Patch report from late 2025 described police tying an unidentified man to 12 separate robberies across the borough between early October and November 30 of that year. Separately, ABC7 New York reported on another subway stabbing in which a 27-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach just after noon aboard a southbound No. 4 train at the Wall Street station, underscoring that knife violence tied to robbery attempts has surfaced in multiple corners of the system this year.
Anyone with information is urged to contact police at 1-800-577-TIPS.
