{"id":593411,"date":"2026-02-16T06:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/593411\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T06:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:10:13","slug":"maniac-who-allegedly-pushed-woman-onto-nyc-subway-tracks-punched-straphanger-also-slugged-teen-girl-during-rampage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/593411\/","title":{"rendered":"Maniac who allegedly pushed woman onto NYC subway tracks, punched straphanger, also slugged teen girl during rampage"},"content":{"rendered":"

A maniac who allegedly pushed a woman onto Brooklyn subway tracks <\/a>and punched another straphanger in the face Saturday finished off his violent tirade by pummeling an innocent 17-year-old girl moments later, prosecutors revealed Sunday.<\/p>\n

Curtis Signal \u2014 who has a history of violence against women \u2014 slugged the teen \u201cdead in the face,\u201d prosecutors alleged during his arraignment Sunday evening in Brooklyn Criminal Court on a slew of charges.<\/p>\n

Curtis Signal, who allegedly pushed a woman onto the subway tracks and punched another straphanger in the face on Saturday, also pummeled a 17-year-old girl after the violent tirade. William Farrington for NY Post<\/p>\n

The girl had been trying to get out of his way before the random attack, Assistant District Attorney Tziyonah Langsam told the courtroom.<\/p>\n

Signal, 25, had first approached three ladies on the R subway line at 53rd Street and Fourth Avenue\u00a0in Sunset Park\u00a0<\/strong>early Saturday, telling one woman to \u201cshut up\u201d before lunging at them, Langsam said.<\/p>\n

He pushed a 51-year-old woman onto the train tracks, causing the stranger to sustain \u201csubstantial pain to the body and a laceration to the face,\u201d Langsam said.<\/p>\n

Signal continued the aggressive outburst, punching a 44-year-old woman and causing her face to swell, prosecutors added.<\/p>\n

The alleged subway shover said he \u201cdid what he had to do\u201d during the unprovoked attack, according to Langsam. <\/p>\n

He also allegedly decried that \u201cpeople want to fight for no reason,\u201d and that he \u201calways has to stand up\u201d for himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Signal allegedly decried that \u201cpeople want to fight for no reason,\u201d and that he \u201calways has to stand up\u201d for himself.\u00a0 William Farrington for NY Post<\/p>\n

As the career criminal fled the subway station, he began yelling as he walked away, causing a 17-year-old girl to try to get out of his way, Langsam revealed.<\/p>\n

Signal asked the teen, \u201cAre you a gangster?\u201d then \u201cpunched her dead in the face,\u201d while saying
\u201cLittle girl thought she was gangster,\u201d the ADA said.<\/p>\n

The teen girl identified Signal as her attacker from a photograph at a local business, while the other two victims identified him from surveillance footage.<\/p>\n

The brute was busted later at a shelter and hit with several charges, including attempted second-degree murder, first-degree attempted assault, second-degree reckless endangerment, and criminal possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors argued that Signal \u2014 who sported a red flannel jacket, a black hoodie, and white Nike high top sneakers during his court hearing \u2014 has a \u201cviolent history,\u201d as a repeat transit offender who is on probation until June 2027.<\/p>\n

Signal was ordered held without bail after prosecutors argued he has a \u201cviolent history\u201d as a transit offender. William Farrington for NY Post<\/p>\n

His violent past includes allegedly punching a 67-year-old\u00a0woman\u00a0as she waited for an F train at 169th Street on Sept. 3, 2023,\u00a0in Jamaica, Queens, prosecutors and sources said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe experience was so traumatic I can\u2019t talk about it,\u201d the victim told The Post Saturday after learning her attacker was accused of assaulting additional women.<\/p>\n

His other run-ins with the law include allegedly punching a cop in a Bronx subway station in 2023, beating a 31-year-old woman at a Queens doctor\u2019s office in 2022 and striking his 13-year-old sister, leaving her with a black eye, also in 2022.<\/p>\n

Signal\u2019s defense attorney, Jack Brewer, said that \u201cthere is more to Signal,\u201d arguing that the alleged assaulter is a Brooklyn native who graduated from Queens Academy High School.<\/p>\n

Judge Jacob Zelmonovitz\u00a0ordered him held without bail after determining he is a \u201cflight risk,\u201d denying his defense\u2019s bail request. <\/p>\n

Signal is slated to return to court on Feb. 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A maniac who allegedly pushed a woman onto Brooklyn subway tracks and punched another straphanger in the face…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":593412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,11307,1121,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,81537,42773,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-593411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-arrests","tag-brooklyn","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-subway-shoves","tag-sunset-park","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116078826400584125","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593411","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=593411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}