Subway rider stabbed in neck at East Village train station: NYPD

A subway rider was stabbed in the neck at an East Village subway station on Saturday night, according to the NYPD.

A 44-year-old straphanger got into a physical altercation with an unknown man stemming from a verbal argument on the northbound platform of the 2nd Avenue F-train station just before 9:15 p.m., cops said.

As the two tussled, the assailant whipped out a blade and stabbed the 44-year-old once in the right armpit and once in the neck, according to the NYPD.

The victim fled the station and received medical attention on the street level at 1st Avenue and 1st Street.

He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, alert and conscious, and is expected to survive, the NYPD said.

Police said no suspect is in custody and an investigation is ongoing.