A 68-year-old woman was slashed at a bustling Manhattan train station late Thursday — just the latest in a rash of unprovoked attacks on Big Apple commuters.
The victim was walking down the stairs at the 14th Street-Union Square transit hub around 8:45 p.m. when a man approached her from behind and, without saying a word, slashed her on the left shoulder, police said.
The suspect, who wore a gold jacket, took off after the attack, authorities said.
The woman refused medical attention and was uncooperative with police, cops said.
The incident came days after a man randomly socked a 45-year-old woman in the face as she walked down the stairs at the Woodlawn No. 4 train station in the Bronx around 7:12 a.m. Monday, police said.
That victim suffered pain, swelling and a cut on her lips, cops said. She later reported the incident and refused medical attention at that time.
Police are still looking for the suspect.
Surveillance video captured after the attack – released by police late Thursday – shows him picking up an order at the nearby Gino’s Pizzeria and Restaurant on Jerome Avenue.
The Union Square slashing is just the latest in a spate of crime underground. In a recent revolting incident, Frank Abrokwa, 37, allegedly smeared feces in a 43-year-old woman’s face as she sat on a bench at the Wakefield-241st Street subway station in the Bronx.
A judge released Abrokwa this week — because the charges against him were not bail-eligible under the state’s soft-on-crime bail reform laws — sparking outrage from Mayor Eric Adams and MTA chairman Janno Lieber.
Also last week, William Blount, 57, allegedly bludgeoned “hero’’ city health worker Nina Rothschild, also 57, with a hammer and stole her bag in the Queens Plaza subway station. He was ordered held without bail, and faces up to 25 years behind bars if convicted.
As of Sunday — the most recent day for which statistics are available — 86 felony assaults had been reported in the Big Apple’s transit system this year, the NYPD said.
A total of 79 had been reported during the same period last year, according to the department.