Straphanger Slashed In Park Avenue Subway, Officials Say

NEW YORK CITY — A subway brawl became bloody when one straphanger slashed another on a Park Avenue subway platform Thursday morning, officials said.

Two men began to argue on the platform of the East 33rd Street 6 train station about 6:30 a.m., said police and the FDNY.

One man whipped out a blade, slashed the other in the face then escaped on a northbound 6 train, police said.

Emergency responders rushed the second man, in stable condition, to Bellevue Hospital, said police and the FDNY.

The slasher has yet to be caught but the investigation continues, police said.