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NYC straphanger headbutted, punched during attempted subway robbery

A 34-year-old woman was headbutted and punched by two creeps who tried to rob her on a Queens train — one of several disturbing incidents on the subway system to take place in recent weeks, according to police.

The victim was on a southbound R train approaching the Jackson Heights/Roosevelt Avenue station around 1:20 p.m. Jan. 15 when she got into a heated clash with another woman — who then headbutted her in the face, police said late Tuesday.

Moments later, a man walked up to the victim, snatched her cellphone — and then pummeled her in the head, cops said.

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The male and female suspect are shown in the Queens Center Mall.
The female suspect head-butted the victim, and the male suspect pummeled her, police say.NYPD
The suspect in the 42nd Street-Grand Central mugging wore a red coat and a black winter hat.
This suspect pushed a 16-year-old boy from behind and robbed him inside the 42nd Street-Grand Central subway station, cops say.NYPD
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The victim was able to grab her phone back, and fled the train when it pulled into the station, authorities said. 

She was treated for bruises to her head. 

The suspects stayed on the train until the Woodhaven Boulevard station, and they were last seen entering the Queens Center Mall, according to cops.

The attack came five days before a stranger randomly shoved a 16-year-old boy down a staircase from behind on the platform of the 42nd Street-Grand Central subway station in Manhattan, according to cops.

The suspect is shown wearing dark clothing and walking with a cane at the President Street station.
The creep allegedly touched and kissed an 8-year-old girl at a Brooklyn subway station. NYPD

The suspect was captured on surveillance footage released by the NYPD Tuesday night running along the platform wearing a red coat and a black winter hat.

He fled on a No. 7 train toward Hudson Yards following the attack, which took place around 11 a.m. Jan. 20, cops said. 

The victim refused medical attention.

Then, in another disturbing incident, a creep walking with a cane approached an 8-year-old girl at the President Street station in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on Feb. 2 hugged the girl, kissed her on the nose and hand and patted her on the head, cops said. He then fled up an escalator and out of the station. 

The girl had been waiting for a train on the platform with her 15-year-old brother at around 6:40 a.m. at the time.

She was not injured, cops said. 

The NYPD released footage Tuesday night of the man ambling down the platform wearing dark clothing. He is still being sought.