Earlier in September, a 74-year-old woman was punched in the face on a subway train in Ozone Park, Queens.

Furthermore, a week earlier, a 62-year-old woman was punched in the face and shoved onto subway tracks in Brooklyn by a suspect named Shadrach Ford, who was later arrested and charged with attempted murder.

An 82-year-old woman was violently shoved onto subway tracks at the Flushing-Main Street station in Queens during a random attack just before noon on October 2, 2024.

Emergency Medical Technicians transported the victim to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where she was reported to be in stable condition.

In another incident, a 62-year-old man was randomly slashed in the Bronx by 33-year-old Joyner Javon, who has a history of emotional disturbance.

Javon was arrested and charged with assault after the attack occurred while the victim was waiting to cross the street.

Last week, Lamel Batten, a man with 51 prior arrests, allegedly attempted to rape a woman at the 116th Street/Columbia University subway station.

The victim escaped after Batten tried to remove her pants during the attack.

Additionally, a teenage boy was slashed in the back of the head on a Bronx subway train by an assailant who was seen carrying a large blade.

The attacker fled the scene and remained at large as of Wednesday evening.

This incident is part of an alarming trend of violent crimes and unprovoked attacks in New York City's subway system in recent weeks.

Just a day prior, a 45-year-old man was stabbed in the chest at the 138th Street-Grand Concourse subway station in the Bronx, but was stabilized at Lincoln Medical Center.