An MTA conductor was stabbed on the job Tuesday morning at a Brooklyn subway station, police reported.
Law enforcement sources said the male conductor got into a verbal dispute with a passenger at the Crown Heights-Utica Avenue station, the southern terminus of the 4 line in Brooklyn, when the individual refused to get off the train at about 10:49 a.m. on Oct. 8.
After the dispute intensified, cops said, the passenger stabbed the conductor in the leg and torso.
Officers from the 77th Precinct and NYPD Transit District 32 responded to the incident. The conductor was taken to Kings County Hospital where he is listed in stable condition.
The incident led to service disruptions Tuesday afternoon; southbound 4 trains ran local between Atlantic Avenue and Kingston Avenue, and both 3 and 4 trains bypassed the Utica Avenue stop.
Police have a person of interest in custody. Charges against them are pending the results of the ongoing investigation.
Tuesday’s stabbing occurred on the same day the NYPD announced an 8.7% decrease in transit crime during September.