Three 16-year-olds were among four people stabbed at a Brooklyn subway station Tuesday evening after a fight broke out, police said.
The attack occurred around 5:40 p.m. at the Flushing Avenue station along Broadway in Bushwick, according to police. The victims, all males including three 16-year-olds and a 21-year-old, were stabbed in their arms and chests while on the mezzanine right in front of the MTA booth.
All made their way to Woodhall Hospital on their own, where they were treated for injuries not considered to be life-threatening. A father of one of the victims said that he left work and rushed to the hospital to learn that his son was stabbed on his birthday.
"They are saying he's stable, but his other friends, they got it worse," said Alberto Rodriguez.
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No arrests have been made. Investigators said that a fight between two groups of teens broke out, but no further information regarding the incident has been released. The incident shut down the station along the J and M lines for hours.
An investigation is ongoing.
Tuesday's violent incident is the latest crime scene inside of a New York City subway station, and came just over a week after Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul jointly announced a new subway safety initiative -- one designed to both mitigate recent spikes in violence in the transit system and intensify homeless outreach as the city looks to encourage a rebound of subway use post-COVID.
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Officials shared more details on that plan late last month, saying it would target six priority lines to start -- the A, E, 1, 2/ 3 (described as a combination target), N, R and 7 -- and include additional police and social services worker deployment.
