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2 Attacks on MTA Train Conductors in Brooklyn Within 24 Hours

What to Know

  • Authorities are investigating two attacks on MTA train conductors within a span of less than 24 hours
  • In the first case, a man slapped a train operator at the 4th Avenue-9th Street Station in Brooklyn around 7 p.m. Wednesday
  • Less than 24 hours later, around noon Thursday, someone threw a liquid in the face of a C train conductor when she opened her cab door

Authorities are investigating two attacks on MTA train conductors within a span of less than 24 hours.

In the first case, cops say a man slapped an F train operator at the Fourth Avenue-Ninth Street Station in Brooklyn around 7 p.m. Wednesday. Officers took the victim's statement at the 7th Avenue Station before he was transported to Methodist Hospital in stable condition.

That suspect is still on the loose. 

Then, less than 24 hours later, shortly before noon Thursday, someone threw an unknown liquid on a conductor when she opened the window of her cab at the Van Siclen Avenue station on the southbound C line.

Passengers were taken off that train and the conductor was awaiting police and emergency crews to check her out. No details on that suspect were available.

In a statement, MTA NYC Transit President Andy Byford said "Assaults on transit employees are unacceptable and outrageous. We are cooperating with the NYPD in this investigation, and expect prosecution of any perpetrators to the full extent of the law."

Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Tony Utano said the attacks against workers in both the subways and on buses is "getting worse" and urged city and MTA officials to work to address the issue.

"The MTA and the City continue to fail to protect transit workers both in the subway and on the buses," said Utano in a statement. "Both have police officers assigned to the subway and bus system but the abuse not only continues, it’s getting worse. They need a better deployment strategy to deter these crimes. Officers need to be seen on a regular basis patrolling subway platforms, riding trains and riding buses, instead of just standing around in groups near turnstiles."

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