{"id":924562,"date":"2026-07-10T02:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T02:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/924562\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T02:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T02:44:16","slug":"man-44-stabbed-in-back-in-unprovoked-attack-on-staircase-of-nyc-subway-station-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/924562\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 44, stabbed in back in unprovoked attack on staircase of NYC subway station: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 44-year-old man was stabbed in the back in an <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/06\/us-news\/stranger-punches-man-30-in-unprovoked-attack-at-nyc-subway-station-cops\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unprovoked attack<\/a> on the staircase of a Brooklyn subway station late Wednesday, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The assailant knifed the victim from behind on the steps leading to the Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road station <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/01\/us-news\/homeless-maniac-randomly-stabs-elderly-woman-waiting-for-uber-in-nyc-after-eerie-greeting-cops\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in Brownsville<\/a> around 9:20 p.m., authorities said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.51032448;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39940943\" width=\"891\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sutter-avenue-rutland-road-station-133925026.jpg\" alt=\"The exterior of Sutter Avenue\u2013Rutland Road station in Brooklyn.\" class=\"wp-image-39940943\"  \/>A 44-year-old man was stabbed in the back in an unprovoked attack on the steps leading to the Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road station in Brownsville. Google maps<\/p>\n<p>The brute \u2014 seen wearing jeans and work boots \u2014 didn\u2019t say a word before the attack and did not know the victim, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The wounded straphanger was taken to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The attacker was still on the loose hours later, authorities said. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39940945\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sutter-avenue-rutland-road-station-133925701.jpg\" alt=\"Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road subway station in Brooklyn.\" class=\"wp-image-39940945\"  \/>The wounded individual was taken to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition, while the suspect is still on the loose. Wikipedia<\/p>\n<p>The attack came about a week after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/04\/us-news\/nycs-subway-crime-spikes-in-all-boroughs-while-citywide-total-down-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the NYPD revealed<\/a> that major crime in the city\u2019s subway system is down by about 1 percent compared to last year.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>But felony assaults, specifically, were up by 20 incidents through June, according to the department.<\/p>\n<p>Felony assault arrests on the rails also increased by 9% through the first six months of the year, the department said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 44-year-old man was stabbed in the back in an unprovoked attack on the staircase of a Brooklyn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":924563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,12937,4219,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5257,7207,82992,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-924562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-assaults","tag-crime","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police","tag-subway-slashings","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\/116893390735330824","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924562","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=924562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/924563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}