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Stream New York's #1 news - AccuWeather - original content 24/7 BROOKLYN, New York (WABC) -- Police are searching for a woman accused of punching a 4-year-old boy in the chest at a Brooklyn subway station Friday.
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The incident occurred at the intersection of Euclid and Pitkin avenues in the East New York section of Brooklyn at about 11:35 a.m., according to police.
Authorities said the child was traveling with his parents on a northbound A train when a woman approached the family and asked for money. When the parents declined, the woman punched the boy in the chest.
The child was not injured, police said.
The woman fled the station after the incident. Police described her as a Black woman in her 40s with curly black hair, wearing white slippers and a black T-shirt. Authorities said she also has a tattoo on her forehead.
No arrests have been announced, and no additional information was immediately available.
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Friday, November 13, 2026
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