Straphanger Smashed in Face In Rego Park

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an assault on a straphanger on board an F train. - Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Queens Voice

February 10, 2025

QUEENS - A Queens subway rider was smashed in the face with a metal object by an attacker on the F train, the NYPD said. 

At around midnight on February 5, a 26-year-old male was riding a northbound F train in Rego Park. As the train neared the 67 Avenue Station, a man walk up to him. Cops said without warning the man struck the straphanger in the face with a metal object. 

When the train stopped at the station, the attacker jumped off and fled in an unknown direction. However, police were able captured the suspect’s image on station surveillance cameras. 

The suspect is described as a male with a medium complexion. He is balding with dark hair and a scraggy beard. He was last seen wearing a bright red shirt with white lettering on the chest. He also wore a dark jacket. He backpack in his hands and another blue jacket. 

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.