A maniac shoved a 72-year-old man into the side of an oncoming train Thursday morning — marking the first random episode of Big Apple subway violence in the new year, police said.
The victim was waiting for a Manhattan-bound No. 4 train at the Bronx’s 161-Yankee Stadium station around 3:30 a.m. when wack job Anton Aleshin, 29, allegedly pushed him, sending his head flying into the train, according to cops.
Medics rushed the elderly man to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, where he was listed in stable condition.
Police nabbed Aleshin at the scene, the NYPD said. He was charged with attempted murder, assault and reckless endangerment, police said.
Police sources said he may have been drunk at the time.
The subway station where the incident occurred. Christopher SadowskiAleshin, of Brooklyn, was awaiting arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court Thursday night.
The terrifying attack came days after a string of violence in the city’s underground.
On Monday, Caleb Polidore, 26, allegedly slashed a 33-year-old man in the face with a boxcutter after the two inadvertently bumped into one another inside a Brooklyn subway station.
The pair got into a spat near the turnstile inside the 53rd Street R train before Pollidore turned violent, police said.
Yankee Stadium is located in the Bronx near 161st Street. iStockPolidore allegedly cut the victim in the face, neck and chest, according to authorities.
A week earlier, a brazen brute pummeled a 31-year-old female train conductor in the face and snatched her train keys while she was making an announcement on a stalled downtown Brooklyn train.
The thief punched her in the face through the train cabin window before taking off, police said.
The burst of underground assaults followed Gov. Hochul boasting about subway safety while announcing a $77 million commitment toward keeping cops in stations citywide.
Hochul said transit crime in 2025 had sunk to its lowest levels in 16 years, with overall subway crime down 15% from 2019.
Additional reporting by Joe Marino
