Female worker beaten with metal pipe while cleaning NYC subway platform

NEW YORK – A 46-year-old woman who works for the city as a custodial cleaner was cleaning up at the subway platform on Chambers Street when she was assaulted by a man with a metal pipe.

The New York City Police Department said the assault took place on the E train platform last Friday at around 6:45 am.

As the woman was performing her duties, an unidentified male approached her with a pipe and struck her in the face with it.

The man fled the scene aboard the subway train, but not before a photo was taken of him banging on the window of the subway door as it left.