Traffic & Transit

Woman Shoved Onto Crown Heights Subway Tracks, Cops Say

A stranger shoved a woman onto the President Street station subway tracks Saturday evening, according to police.

A stranger shoved a woman onto the President Street station subway tracks Saturday evening, according to reports.
A stranger shoved a woman onto the President Street station subway tracks Saturday evening, according to reports. (Google Maps | Jan. 2017)

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A woman was shoved onto Crown Heights subway tracks by a stranger who fled the station, according to police.

The 28-year-old was ambushed at the President Street 2 and 5 train station on Nostrand Avenue about 8 p.m. Saturday, police said.

The woman made it up onto the platform before a train entered the station, according to 1010 WINS.

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She was treated for cuts, bruises and a hurt left foot at Kings County Hospital, according to police.

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