Woman, 57, slashed in face by female stranger during clash on NYC train near Grand Central: cops

A knife-wielding woman stabbed another woman in the face during a Tuesday afternoon clash on board a train pulling into Grand Central, cops said. 

The 57-year-old victim was riding a Brooklyn-bound No. 4 train approaching the 42nd Street Midtown hub around 2:10 p.m. when she got into a dispute with the attacker, who appeared to be decades her junior, police said. 

The younger woman – a complete stranger – then knifed the straphanger on the right side of her face, authorities said. 

An MTA worker called 911, and the victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition, police said. 

Meanwhile, her alleged assailant, described as a woman in her 20s last seen wearing gray pants and a red or burgundy jacket, fled the scene, authorities said. 

No arrests had been made by Wednesday morning, and it remained unclear what the clash was over.

The attack came days after an apparently intoxicated 29-year-old medical student hailing from Russia allegedly shoved a 72-year-old man into a moving Bronx train in an unprovoked New Year’s Day attack – just hours after the ball drop, cops and sources said. 

But during a triumphant press conference Tuesday, city officials touted a 4% drop in major subway crime in 2025 compared to 2024, with robberies down 12.5% — an all-time low — and shootings falling 62.5%.