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Knife-Wielding Muggers Rob Man on Subway in Midtown
Straphanger Stuck Up at 53rd Street The NYPD is searching for these two men in connection with a knife-point robbery aboard a midtown subway car. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice August 8, 2024 Follow @Bronxvoice1 MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for two men who stuck up a straphanger at knife point while riding in a subway car on Lexington Avenue. At around 3 am on August 3, a 27-year-old male was riding on a northbound E train riding on the F train line. Cops said two men approached the straphanger. One of the men pulled out a knife and both demanded the victim hand over his property. The robbers grabbed the Apple AirPods out of the victim’s ears and then forced him to hand over $200 in cash. When the train stopped at the 53rd St. and Lexington Avenue train station, the robbers fled the subway car. The victim was not injured. The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspects taken from inside an empty...
