Maniac who allegedly pushed woman onto NYC subway tracks, punched straphanger, also slugged teen girl during rampage
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A man accused of a violent rampage in Brooklyn, where he allegedly pushed a woman onto subway tracks and assaulted another commuter, concluded his spree by attacking an unsuspecting 17-year-old girl, prosecutors disclosed on Sunday.

During a Sunday evening arraignment at Brooklyn Criminal Court, it was revealed that Curtis Signal, who has a documented history of violence against women, struck the teenager “square in the face,” according to the prosecution.

Assistant District Attorney Tziyonah Langsam explained that the young girl was attempting to avoid Signal when the unprovoked attack occurred.

The incident began early Saturday on the R subway line at the 53rd Street and Fourth Avenue station in Sunset Park. Signal, 25, reportedly approached three women, instructing one to “shut up” before aggressively confronting them, Langsam noted.

Signal then allegedly pushed a 51-year-old woman onto the tracks, inflicting significant bodily harm and a facial cut, according to the prosecutor.

Continuing his violent spree, Signal is accused of striking a 44-year-old woman, resulting in noticeable facial swelling, prosecutors stated.

The alleged subway shover said he “did what he had to do” during the unprovoked attack, according to Langsam.

He also allegedly decried that “people want to fight for no reason,” and that he “always has to stand up” for himself. 

As the career criminal fled the subway station, he began yelling as he walked away, causing a 17-year-old girl to try to get out of his way, Langsam revealed.

Signal asked the teen, “Are you a gangster?” then “punched her dead in the face,” while saying
“Little girl thought she was gangster,” the ADA said.

The teen girl identified Signal as her attacker from a photograph at a local business, while the other two victims identified him from surveillance footage.

The brute was busted later at a shelter and hit with several charges, including attempted second-degree murder, first-degree attempted assault, second-degree reckless endangerment, and criminal possession of a weapon.

Prosecutors argued that Signal — who sported a red flannel jacket, a black hoodie, and white Nike high top sneakers during his court hearing — has a “violent history,” as a repeat transit offender who is on probation until June 2027.

His violent past includes allegedly punching a 67-year-old woman as she waited for an F train at 169th Street on Sept. 3, 2023, in Jamaica, Queens, prosecutors and sources said.

“The experience was so traumatic I can’t talk about it,” the victim told The Post Saturday after learning her attacker was accused of assaulting additional women.

His other run-ins with the law include allegedly punching a cop in a Bronx subway station in 2023, beating a 31-year-old woman at a Queens doctor’s office in 2022 and striking his 13-year-old sister, leaving her with a black eye, also in 2022.

Signal’s defense attorney, Jack Brewer, said that “there is more to Signal,” arguing that the alleged assaulter is a Brooklyn native who graduated from Queens Academy High School.

Judge Jacob Zelmonovitz ordered him held without bail after determining he is a “flight risk,” denying his defense’s bail request.

Signal is slated to return to court on Feb. 19.

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