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Man arrested for shoving NYC subway rider onto Brooklyn tracks, NYPD says
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Brittany Kriegstein
Published Jan 23, 2026
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Police arrested a man they allege shoved a commuter onto the tracks at a Brooklyn subway station this week.
NYPD officials said officers spotted Ivan Negron, 39, walking through the Union Square station around 12:45 p.m. Thursday and recognized him from surveillance photos the department had released.
Negron was charged with attempted assault for the incident, which police said happened around 5 a.m. Sunday at the 36th Street stop in Sunset Park, officials said.
A 35-year-old man was standing on the southbound R train platform when Negron walked over and pushed him onto the tracks, police said.
The two did not know each other and Negron did not say anything to the other man before the assault, according to the NYPD.
First responders took the victim to NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn, where he was treated for minor injuries, authorities said.
Police said Negron is currently homeless. Information for his attorney was not immediately available Friday morning as he waited to appear in Brooklyn Criminal Court.
The incident was one of at least four violent episodes in the city’s transit system over the holiday weekend, according to police.
Major transit crime declined 4% citywide last year compared to 2024, NYPD data shows. As of Jan. 18, it has ticked up by more than a dozen incidents so far this year, relative to the same period last year.
This is a developing story based on preliminary information from police and may be updated.
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