MTA Worker Attacked - Struck in Face with Flying Mop

MTA Worker Hit in Face in Subway Station Attack - NYPD Says 

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

By Dan Gesslein 

Queens Voice 

December 15, 2023 

QUEENS - A female MTA worker was hit in the face with a flying mop at a Queens subway station and police are looking for her attacker. 

At around midnight on December 6, a 37-year-old female MTA worker was on duty at the Ditmars Boulevard and 31 Street Subway Station. Cops said the transit worker was standing on the northbound platform of the N train when she was attacked. 

According to the NYPD a man picked up a mop and threw it her head like a javelin. The mop struck the MTA worker in the face. That attacker then fled the station. 

Cops said the victim sustained minor injuries and was transported to a local hospital by private means. 

Investigators said it is unclear why the attacker targeted the MTA worker. The assault appears to be a random attack, cops said. 

The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion who is between the ages of 30 and 40. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, black pants, a multi-color scarf around his neck and a black hat with a white colored logo in the front.

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.

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