A stranger slugged a woman as she stepped off a train on the Upper West Side early Monday — less than 12 hours after a man was slashed inside another subway station farther downtown, cops said.
The 28-year-old woman had just gotten off an uptown No. 3 train at West 96th Street and Broadway around 5:15 a.m. when a man ambushed her with a sudden blow to the face, police said.
The victim was treated at the scene, and the attacker — whom she did not know — fled and was still at large later in the morning, cops said.
In a separate attack Sunday evening, a 25-year-old man was slashed in the arm on the uptown F train platform at Second Avenue and East Houston Street, authorities said.
The knife-wielding menace fled on foot following the attack that cops say unfolded just after 6 p.m.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The motive for that attack was unclear.
The suspect was described as having a dark complexion, and was last seen wearing dark clothing and a blue bandanna.
Felony assaults within the city’s transit system have seen about a 5% decrease so far this year, according to the latest NYPD data, updated Oct. 13. Misdemeanor assaults, which are considered less serious, have dipped by about 2%.