A homeless man with more than three dozen arrests has been arrested for assaulting and trying to rape a woman on a Midtown subway train, police said Friday.
Tyriek Martin, 34, was on a W train approaching the 42nd St. station in Times Square at about noon Thursday when he grabbed a 34-year-old woman, slammed her head into a pole, then threw her to the floor of the train car and tried to rape her, police said.
Alone on the train with the attacker, the woman put up a fight and when the train pulled into the station she screamed for help, police said. When the doors opened, several construction workers jumped in and grabbed the suspect, holding him down until police arrived.
The victim, who suffered a fractured nose, was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Cops charged Martin with attempted rape, sex abuse and misdemeanor assault.
Martin is homeless and is staying at the Bowery Mission, police said. He’s been arrested more than 40 times for charges that include robbery, drug possession, misdemeanor assault and public lewdness.
He was last arrested last Saturday, but that case is sealed. Prior to that, he was busted in August for misdemeanor drug possession.
On April 2022, police said, Martin was charged with assault for throwing an aerosol can at an NYPD traffic agent. In May 2021, he was again charged with assault after he smashed a two-year-old child in the face with a suitcase while the child sat in a stroller, police said.
His arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court was pending Friday.
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