NYPD Reports MTA Conductor Allegedly Slapped In The Face At Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave. Subway Station By Unknown Assailant, Who Is Still At Large
Written by David C. Lester, Editor-in-Chief
E Train photo courtesy MTA
JACKSON HEIGHTS, N.Y. –– Last week, an MTA conductor was allegedly slapped in the face by an unknown assailant as his train was about to pull out of the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street subway station.
The JacksonHeightsPost reports that the conductor, 29 years-old, was about to pull his E train out of the station when a Hispanic man put his hand in the conductor’s open window and slapped him with an open right hand, according to police.
When the conductor was struck in the face, his eyeglasses fell on the tracks, and first responders treated the conductor for swelling to his right eye and dizziness.
NYPD surveillance video shows who police described as an Hispanic man with black hair and mustache. He also wore dark sneakers, blue jeans, and a jacket with several zippers.
New York is offering a reward of up to $3,500 for information that leads to the suspects arrest.
The area where the assault occurred is in the NYPD 110th Precinct and has reported 189 felony assaults to this point in 2025. For the same period last year, 232 were reported.
Transit crimes are up in the precinct with 15 reported so far this year, one more than the 14 reported at the same point in 2024.
In 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation into law that makes assaulting a transit worker a Class D felony in New York State, which comes with a potential sentence of up to seven years in prison. The law applies when someone injures an MTA worker, including ticket collectors, conductors, and maintenance staff.
