Second MTA Worker in a Month Assaulted at Same Bronx Subway Station

Police are searching for this man in connection with an assault on an MTA employee. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

September 30, 2023

BRONX - A second MTA worker has been assaulted within the same month and at the same Bronx subway station in yet another unprovoked attack, cops said.  

At around noon on September 28, a 53-year-old MTA employee was working inside the East 238 Street & Nereid Avenue subway station in Wakfield. A man walked up to the subway worker and punched him in the face with a closed fist. 

Cops said the attack was unprovoked. The attacker fled out of the station. 

Baboo Singh was assaulted earlier this month at the same subway station. -Photo by TWU Local l00

The victim was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.

This is the second attack in the same month at the Number 2 and 5 train station.  

On September 12, a 74-year-old MTA employee, Baboo Singh, was working at the station when he was punched in the face in an unprovoked attack. The victim suffered a fractured nose and fractured facial bone in the assault. 

Police would go on to arrest 30-year-old Anthony Williams for the attack. Williams was charged with assault and harassment. 

In the latest assault police released surveillance video of the suspect. He is a male with a dark complexion. He was last seen wearing eyeglasses, a blue Du-rag, green hoodie and a back pack.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

All calls are strictly confidential.