Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and Transit District 20 are looking for a couple who robbed a subway rider at the Woodhaven Boulevard station near the Queens Center Mall on the night of Thursday, May 29.
A 45-year-old victim was walking through the station at around 9:15 p.m. when he was approached by a man and a woman. When she asked him for money, her partner punched the victim in the back of his shoulder. The two strangers forcibly removed $1,500 from his pockets and fled the station onto Woodhaven Boulevard in an unknown direction. The victim sustained minor injuries but was not hospitalized after the encounter, police said Tuesday.
The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspects as they passed through the station turnstiles. The man was described as having a medium complexion with locs and wearing a light gray sweatshirt and sweatpants. The woman had a light complexion with blonde hair and wore a black hooded sweatshirt, black sweatpants, blue Crocs, and a black backpack.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are confidential.
Through June 1, the 110th Precinct has reported 153 robberies so far in 2025, 53 fewer than the 206 reported at the same point last year, a decline of 25.7%, according to the most recent CompStat report. Felony assaults are also down in the precinct with 254 reported so far this year, 68 fewer than the 322 reported at the same point in 2024, a decrease of 21.1%, according to CompStat.
