A rock-wielding menace hit a straphanger in the head during a random attack at a Manhattan subway station Wednesday afternoon, according to police and sources.
The 56-year-old man was walking from the mezzanine level into the 14th Street and Eighth Avenue station in Chelsea when a brute came out of nowhere and hit him in the head several times with a rock around 12:30 p.m., police said.
“He took a good shot in the head,” a construction worker who witnessed the unhinged attack told The Post.
The attacker then ran out of the station, police and the witness said.
The injured victim, who suffered lacerations to his head, was taken by medics to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue where he was listed in stable condition.
According to the police, the perpetrator was still on the run on Wednesday afternoon.
The underground mayhem came hours after a 54-year-old man was stabbed to death on a platform at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station Tuesday night around 11:20 p.m., police said.
According to sources, the victim fought with his attacker aboard a southbound N train just before the bloodshed.
His attacker had not yet been arrested as of Wednesday afternoon.
Additional reporting by Joe Marino and Amanda Woods
