An MTA station cleaner was in stable condition Thursday after he was stabbed in the Bronx.
The 47-year-old transit worker was off-duty when he was stabbed in the armpit after getting into an argument with another man on the mezzanine of the Pelham Parkway No. 5 train station sometime around 6 a.m., transit and law enforcement sources told the Daily News.
Police said the suspect, described as a Black man between the ages of 55 and 60, then fled the station. Police said he was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black pants.
Transit sources said the wounded cleaner was able to take the train three stops north to the No. 5 train terminal at Dyre Ave., where he called for an ambulance.
He was transported to Jacobi Hospital where he is listed in stable condition.
An earlier version of this story incorrectly said the cleaner was on the job when he got stabbed.
