Two men slashed each other as an early-morning clash turned vicious on the subway platform at Grand Central Tuesday, the latest in a rash of violence in and near the trains, police said.
The men, ages 30 and 50, got into a fight on the northbound 4, 5 and 6 train platform at 42nd Street-Grand Central minutes before 1 a.m., authorities said.
They knifed each other on the arms, with one treated on scene by emergency responders and the other taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was described as conscious and alert, police said.
The nature of the dispute was not immediately clear, and it was also unclear whether the two men knew each other.
Both men were taken into custody but not charged right away, sources said.
The older man has several prior arrests, including busts for robbery and rape, according to the sources.
The younger man has no criminal history, the sources said.
The double-slashing comes during a violent stretch for the city’s subway system, with two other recent attacks reported in Grand Central Terminal alone.
Metro-North rider Malik Little, 46, was charged with attempted murder Saturday for allegedly stabbing another man who complained about the loud music he was playing, MTA Police said.
And on Christmas Eve, Jason Sargeant, 28, allegedly stabbed a 26-year-old woman in the throat and slashed a 42-year-old man in the wrist in separate attacks during a violent spree in the major transit hub.
The recent violence also includes a woman burned to death, a man shoved in front of a train, an attempted robbery and multiple other stabbings.
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