NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A woman with an umbrella attacked an MTA employee at a subway station in Brooklyn this week, leaving the victim hospitalized in the latest assault on a city transit worker.
Surveillance video released by the NYPD on Wednesday shows the suspect sneaking under a turnstile at the Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues station in Bushwick on Sunday night.
WANTED- ASSAULT: On5/4/25 @NYPD104Pct a 53-year-old female MTA employee was on-duty on the lower mezzanine of Myrtle Ave and Wyckoff Ave subway station. An unidentified individual approached the employee and hit her twice with an umbrella on her head. Reward up to $3,500. pic.twitter.com/UxAQGdjaYe
— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) May 7, 2025
According to police, the 53-year-old victim was on duty at the station around 9:30 p.m. when she was attacked by the umbrella-wielding suspect…