A female stranger pummeled and choked a 49-year-old woman when tensions flared as they inched past each other inside a Queens subway station during the morning rush last week, cops and sources said.
The victim was trying to leave the 30th Avenue N train station in Astoria around 9:45 a.m. Jan. 13 when she got into an argument with another straphanger as they walked “around each other.”
Suddenly, the enraged suspect pushed the victim from behind, punching and choking her before pushing her to the ground and kicking her in the head, police said.
The assailant fled the scene and had not been caught by Thursday.
Meanwhile, the victim was taken to Mount Sinai Queens hospital, where she was listed in stable condition.
The attacker — seen in images released by the NYPD late Tuesday — is described as a woman with a dark complexion. She was last seen wearing a black jacket, a yellow sweater and blue pants.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts 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 X @NYPDTips.
