Man stabbed to death in Manhattan subway station, police report

A 40-year-old man was fatally stabbed during an argument with another person at a subway station in Upper Manhattan on Friday night, police said.

Officers responding to a 911 call about a person stabbed at the West 175th Street station in Washington Heights found the man near the turnstiles on the mezzanine shortly before 6 p.m., police said. He had been stabbed multiple times in the upper body, police said.

The man, whose name was not released pending notification of his family, was taken to Harlem Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

As of Friday evening, no arrests had been made and investigations were ongoing, police said.

At about 8:30 p.m., a station entrance on Fort Washington Avenue between West 174th and 175th streets was cordoned off with yellow police tape. According to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the subways, trains were not passing through that station. Police officers at the station entrances told passengers to take the bus or go to the stations at West 181st or 168th Street.

MTA surveys show that many riders feel unsafe, but the data does not always confirm public perception. Crime rates rose during the coronavirus pandemic beginning in 2020, but last year overall crime on the transit system fell nearly 3 percent compared to 2022, even as daily ridership increased 14 percent.

According to police figures, there have been five murders on public transport this year through June 16, compared to four in the same period last year. Overall, the number of serious crimes on public transport has fallen by 5.5 percent this year compared to the same period last year.