By West Side Rag
A man is in critical condition after being stabbed early Monday morning on the Upper West Side, a police spokesperson told West Side Rag.
A 57-year-old man was near West 112th Street and Broadway, around 2 a.m., when an attacker stabbed him in the chest, police said. The victim then entered the West 110th Street and Broadway subway station, and took the train to West 96th Street, where he flagged down a police officer for help, police said.
The man was then rushed to Mount Sinai West in critical condition, police said.
There has been no arrest, and it is unclear what led up to the stabbing, police said. The investigation is ongoing.
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Horrible. Where are the police at night? Why are criminals and mentally ill people constantly being released?
Yes,, agree, horrible, and my prayers are with the victim of this terrible, senseless crime. This is yet another example of what is called “Criminal Justice Reform” that the majority continually votes in.
Ask Bragg.
FanDuel has the over/under on the stabber’s prior arrests at 10.5.
Apparently Boston is no better than NYC with ridiculous judicial leniency!
https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/us-news/prosecutors-blasted-sweetheart-sentence-handed-to-career-criminal-who-then-opened-fire-on-random-cars/
I’m taking the over
Hope he’s OK. There’s no logic when you are attacked and being pursued but he was so close to Mt Sinai Morningside yet he walked the same two blocks in the opposite direction to the train instead.
Maybe he had a previous experience at Mt. Sinai Morningside that disuaded him from doing so. I have and I wouldn’t either.
It’s a long residential block from Broadway to Amsterdam that is empty at night. Bwy has more traffic and you have DR & WSM that are open. So I can see why he headed that way. Too bad there was no police presence at 110th & Bwy.
It was a risk to get on a train thinking you’d find a cop that way. Going straight to the hospital would have meant being treated sooner plus there are always cops there. But I can’t imagine how hard it must be to think straight in those circumstances.
Years ago, at night, cops used to coop in Duke’s Diner on the SW corner of 111th & Broadway.
Maybe Mamdani should focus on fighting crime and getting the mentally ill off the streets instead off of fighting the wealthy?
He can do both! Thats why we elected him. It won’t happen overnight and people will continually complain because it’s easy. Fighting for change and doing something aboutit is hard.
Why can’t he do both? It’s not an either/or proposition.
its the same fight. you want more money to fight crime and combat the mental health crisis in the city? ok, then you gotta go after and tax the billionaires who are hoarding their wealth. easy logic.
That won’t impress college kids.
Please do a follow up on this story.
Sorry, but having a hard time wrapping my head around the reasoning for the victim walking to a train and taking the train to 96th Street, when calling 911 from the point of attack should have been an option, especially since it turns out the victim was listed as being in critical condition.
Maybe he didn’t have a phone or as someone mentioned above wasn’t thinking clearly after terrible attack.
There needs to be cops and security outside of Mount Sinai Morningside. It is dark and dangerous along those blocks.
Following up on the downtown subway pusher whose victim was an UWS resident:
https://www.thefp.com/p/suicidal-empathy-subway-killing-new-york?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
In the late 60s/early 70s the Calhoun Upper School was located on 92nd Street between West End and Riverside, and walking there was always pretty safe. In recent decades, anything up to 90th was relatively safe as well. But in the decades since, I’m sorry to say I have often felt unsafe anywhere above 87th/88th. I sometimes have occasion to go to 100th, and have (thus far) survived. But things are not ,and will never be ,the same.
I am so so sorry for this man and his family! It could have happened anywhere,I know.But as I’ve gotten older and less spry, I worry much more than I used to.