{"id":481103,"date":"2025-12-30T23:32:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T23:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/481103\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T23:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T23:32:21","slug":"man-33-slashed-by-stranger-over-innocent-bump-at-brooklyn-subway-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/481103\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 33, slashed by stranger over innocent bump at Brooklyn subway stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 33-year-old man was viciously slashed in the face after he innocently bumped into a stranger at a Brooklyn subway stop, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/12\/24\/nyc-sees-1000-fewer-shooting-victims-in-2025-than-4-years-ago-nypd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a> said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s slashing at the 53rd St. R train station at Fourth Ave. in Sunset Park was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/12\/27\/man-slashed-head-manhattan-subway-arguing-stranger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the second time in nine days<\/a> that a slashing in the subway was sparked by two men accidentally bumping into each other, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The victim told police that he was on the station\u2019s mezzanine level by the turnstiles at 1 p.m. when he bumped into 26-year-old Caleb Polidore.<\/p>\n<p>The two men, who didn\u2019t know each other, immediately got into an argument over what happened, cops said. A few moments later, Polidore pulled out a blade and slashed the older victim about the face and body, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>EMS rushed the victim to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where he was treated for minor injuries and released.<\/p>\n<p>Polidore was arrested at the scene and charged with assault, weapons possession, menacing and harassment. During his arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court on Tuesday, he was ordered held on $3,000 bail, which he quickly posted, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p>Police said this is Polidore\u2019s first arrest.<\/p>\n<p>In an unrelated incident on Dec. 20, a 38-year-old man was slashed\u00a0aboard a crowded southbound\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/12\/27\/woman-beaten-by-stranger-harlem-subway-elevator\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/12\/27\/woman-beaten-by-stranger-harlem-subway-elevator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No. 6 train<\/a> nearing the Lexington Ave.-51st St. station at 4:40 p.m. when he and another man got into a heated dispute after bumping into each other, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>The attacker whipped out a sharp object and slashed the man on the head before exiting the train and fleeing on foot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Police say they are looking for this man in connection with a subway slashing in Manhattan on Dec. 20. (NYPD)\" width=\"1800\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Manhattan-subway-assault-12-20-25-NYPD_b5effe.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8649235\" \/>Police say they are looking for this man in connection with a subway slashing in Manhattan on Dec. 20. (NYPD)<\/p>\n<p>The victim was taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/12\/22\/woman-66-fatally-struck-by-hummer-in-manhattan\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/12\/22\/woman-66-fatally-struck-by-hummer-in-manhattan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bellevue Hospital<\/a>\u00a0in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Cops released surveillance images of the slasher in the Dec. 20 attack in the hopes someone recognizes him.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the slasher\u2019s whereabouts is urged to call NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 33-year-old man was viciously slashed in the face after he innocently bumped into a stranger at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":481104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,2451,3059,5295,1370,728,405,403,5294,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,5293,5321,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-481103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-city","10":"tag-county","11":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","12":"tag-latest-headlines","13":"tag-local-news","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-new-york-county","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkcity","20":"tag-ny","21":"tag-nyc","22":"tag-nyc-crime","23":"tag-sub-county-region","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-united-states-of-america","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115811132578916477","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}