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A man has been slashed on the head in the busy Times Square subway station on Friday during the evening rush hour before the suspect then fled in the latest example of NYC violence.

The man, 35, was waiting for a 1/2/3 train just before 7 p.m. before the brazen attack in the Big Apple's busiest station, according to the New York Post.

The victim, who has not been identified, was taken to Bellevue Hospital and is expected to recover, police told the outlet.

 Cops are still searching for the suspect.

Pictures taken outside the subway station show the victim with a heavily bandaged face being taken to an ambulance by EMTs.

 The man's face and clothing can be seen covered in blood, while pictured from inside the subway station show pools of blood on the floor.

Further details about the stabbing were not known and DailyMail.com has reached out to the NYPD for more information and additional comment.

A man was slashed on the head in the busy Times Square subway station on Friday during the evening rush hour

The man was pictured with bloody bandages covering his face

He was taken by ambulance to Bellevue Hospital and is expected to recover

The man was seen being wheeled out of the subway station by paramedics

 It is just the latest example of a random attack in New York City, as the police struggle with skyrocketing crime in 2021.

The slashing comes after another man was stabbed five times on a platform at the 59th Street-Columbus Circle station on Wednesday after he tried to break up a fight between a man and a woman.

Earlier on Friday, shocking surveillance footage captured the moment two young kids were trampled by a man as he tried to escape from a shooter who fired nearly a dozen bullets in the middle of a Bronx street and pointed his gun at the terrified kids.

The NYPD released the video on Friday afternoon and asked for the public's help in identifying the gunman in the latest of nearly 150 shootings across the city this month.

The video opens with a boy and girl - believed to be around the ages of five and 10 - walking on a sidewalk before people scatter when a gunman chases a man in a red sweater.

The brazen attack happened in the Times Square subway station

NYPD stand over a crime scene in the subway at Times Square

Police are still searching for the suspect behind the attack, who fled after the slashing

The man in the sweater, who police believe was the intended target, barrels into the kids and knocks them down before the gunman runs up and fires multiple times in their direction.

The alleged target scrambles to his feet but trips in the three-person scrum before crawling over the kids to escape the hail of bullets.

The two children are momentarily pinned under the man in the sweater while he is shot at as the older girl is seen grabbing the boy and holding him tight in an attempt to shield him.

The man in the sweater was shot multiple times but is still alive, according to the NYPD, and amazingly, the children weren't shot or seriously injured. 

NYPD data shows that there were 24 transit related crimes in New York City for the week of June 7 to June 13, with the same number of transit related crimes during the same week last year.

The NYPD counted 666 transit crimes so far this year by June 13, which is down 31.6% from the 973 transit crimes by the same date last year.

The latest data from the NYPD shows that the total number of major crimes were also down 2% from last year by the same date. Those categories include murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny auto.

The year-over-year murder rate in the Big Apple also appears to be declining when compared to rates from earlier this year.

NYPD data shows that there were 173 total murders this year as of May 30, with just 147 by the same date in 2020 – marking a 17.7% increase year-over-year.

The data shows that by May 9 there were a total of 146 murders in New York City in 2021 compared to 115 by the same date in 2020, then a 27% increase.

As of June 13, there have been 194 murders this year compared to 171 last year – an increase of just 13.5% which indicates that the NYPD may be successfully getting a grip on the high crime rates.

Shocking surveillance footage captured the moment two young children were trampled by a man as he tried to escape from a shooter who fired nearly a dozen bullets in the middle of a Bronx street and pointed his gun at the terrified kids 

The suspect momentarily retreats with the victim on the ground

Then the gunman comes back for a closer shot and fires at the man with the two kids inches away from the victim

The rates of shooting incidents and shooting victims remain alarmingly high – though also appear to be declining from earlier this year when compared to last year.

The NYPD recorded 35 shooting victims for the May 24-30 recording period in 2021, up 45.8% from the 24 shooting victims for the same period in 2020. By May 30 of this year there were a whopping number of 637 shooting victims with just 360 by the same point last year – for an increase of 76.9%.

However, as of June 13, there have been 721 shooting victims in total this year compared to 447 by the same date last year for an increase of 61.3% - which is down 15% from the previous recording period.

For the recording period of June 7 to June 13, the number of shooting victims was also down 5.3% when compared to the same period last year. There were 36 shooting victims for the recording period in 2021 compared to 38 in 2020.

The number of shooting incidents were also up 43.5% in 2021 from 2020 for May 24 to May 30 recording period. There were 33 shooting incidents in 2021 compared to 23 shooting incidents in 2020 for that time frame.

There were 564 shooting incidents this year by May 30 compared to just 318 last year, for an increase of 77.4%.

However, by June 13, there were 634 shooting incidents this year compared to 386 by the same date last year for a year-over-year-increase of 64.2%. That rate is down roughly 13% from the measurement in May.

For the recording period of June 7 to June 13, the number of shooting incidents went up 17.9% from 28 shooting incidents in 2020 to 33 shooting incidents in 2021 – indicating there may be a decrease in the number of mass shootings with multiple victims.