A menace stabbed an Upper East Side straphanger in the neck after randomly picking a fight with him early Tuesday, according to cops and sources.
A 52-year-old man was standing on the northbound No. 6 train platform at East 96th Street and Lexington Avenue around 3:30 a.m. when another man barged up to him and suddenly started arguing, cops and sources said.
The creep then struck the victim’s neck with an “unknown object,” leaving him with a nasty cut, cops said.
The attacker picked a fight with the 52-year-old victim before stabbing him in the neck, cops and sources said. Robert MeceaHe was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.
No arrests have been made in the violence, and it’s unclear what the argument was about.
The attack came about 11 hours after a box-cutter-wielding assailant slashed a 29-year-old man on the arm during a clash on board a train further downtown, cops and sources said.
The attacker was arguing with the victim on board a southbound No. 4 train at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station around 4:50 p.m. Monday before he took out the weapon and sliced his victim on the left forearm, cops and sources said.
The victim was attacked on the No. 6 train platform at East 96th Street and Lexington Avenue, cops said. Robert Mecea
The nature of the dispute-turned-violent was unclear later Tuesday. Robert MeceaThat victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.
The suspect, described as a man last seen wearing a white hoodie, red du-rag and black hat, fled the scene, police said.
