Man charged with slamming 72-year-old into subway train in unprovoked attack is Brooklyn doctor

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News on Jan 2, 2026

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The man accused of attempted murder after allegedly knocking a 72-year-old man unconscious by shoving him into a moving Bronx subway train in an unprovoked attack near Yankee Stadium is a medical resident form Brooklyn, cops and the assailant’s lawyer said.

Anton Aleshin is also facing assault, harassment, and reckless endangerment charges for the attack on the No. 4 train platform at the 161st St.-Yankee Stadium station just three hours after the ball fell in Times Square New Year’s Day. Aleshin, 29, is facing the harassment charge because of his victim’s age and the age disparity between the two men, officials said.

The alleged assailant is a doctor from Russia who is in a residency program at Brookdale University Hospital, his attorney said at his arraignment Thursday night.

The victim was on the Manhattan-bound platform at about 3:30 a.m. on Thursday when Aleshin crept up behind him and shoved him into the side of a train that had just pulled into the station. The senior bounced off the side of the train and fell back onto the platform, unconscious, according to court documents. He suffered a deep cut to the head from his impact with the train.

The attack was completely unprovoked, cops said. Aleshin didn’t say anything to the senior before he pounced and the two men didn’t know each other, officials said.

Medics rushed the senior to Lincoln Hospital, where he’s expected to recover.

Cops grabbed Aleshin at the scene. He was charged after being questioned by police and gave a statement that led to charges being filed.

The attack was caught on surveillance video, Bronx prosecutors said.

During his arraignment late Thursday, a Bronx Criminal Court judge ordered him held without bail.

Aleshin lives in Brooklyn near Brookdale University Hospital, almost 20 miles from where he attacked the senior. This is his first arrest in New York, cops said.

It was not immediately clear what he was doing in the Bronx, or why he targeted the senior.

Aleshin joined Brookdale University Hospital in 2024 and was listed as a “student in an organized health care education/training program” according to the website npidb.org.

Calls to Brookdale for comment about Aleshin’s arrest were not immediately returned.

Legal Aid, who represented him at his arraignment, declined to comment when reached.

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