Traumatized NYC subway conductor ‘having nightmares’ after sicko punched him and broke his teeth

NYC subway conductor Jean Joseph stuck he caput retired nan train model to cheque that each passengers were safely aboard — erstwhile a deranged alien punched him successful nan face, breaking his teeth.

After nan random onslaught connected nan W train past week astatine nan Ditmars Boulevard Station successful Astoria, he has not been backmost to work.

“He was mumbling thing astir maine closing nan doors,” said Joseph of his attacker, who wore a achromatic undershirt.

The MTA employee, 33, who is primitively from Haiti and astir to go a caller dad, speculates nan man was angry he missed nan train.

He is still traumatized.

“I had a nightmare: I was sticking my caput retired nan window, but it wasn’t a personification who deed me. It was a train,” he told The Post.

When nan unhinged assailant heard nan conductor’s telephone for thief travel complete nan supervisor’s radio, he took disconnected down nan stairs and retired of nan station, Joseph said.

“I deliberation it’s messed up,” Joseph said of nan May 2 attack, noting different train conductor he useful pinch was besides precocious struck. “We’re fundamentally trying to do our occupation and thing for illustration that conscionable happens.”

His fiancee instantly thought of a March 2024 incident successful Brooklyn, successful which a conductor was sliced successful nan cervix while sticking his caput retired of nan train car window.

“My babe mother keeps reasoning astir that different conductor who sewage slashed successful nan neck,” he said. “She’s besides acrophobic for me.”

Joseph was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital for a trim articulator and 2 cracked teeth.

He isn’t judge erstwhile he’ll return to work.

“I’m acrophobic to instrumentality my caput retired nan model now,” he said. “It’s portion of our procedure. Sometimes people’s apparel aliases container handles mightiness get stuck successful nan doors truthful we observe for their safety.”

Police released a wanted poster of nan attacker, but location person been nary arrests.

Assault successful nan city’s subway strategy roseate 13%, to 208 truthful acold this twelvemonth from 184 successful nan aforesaid timeframe successful 2024, according to constabulary data. Major transit crime — including execution — remains down 7.8% from 709 to 654, cops said.

There person been 11 assaults connected MTA labor truthful acold this year, 2 less than nan 13 astatine this constituent successful 2024, according to NYPD data.

Assault connected MTA labor deed a precocious of 22 successful 2022, nan information showed.