Two New Yorkers slashed by strangers in terrifying incidents just hours apart

Two New Yorkers were each slashed by strangers in terrifying, public attacks hours apart on Sunday in The Bronx and Manhattan, cops and sources said.

In the latest bloody incident, a 33-year-old man was riding a southbound No. 2 train at around 9:30 p.m. in the Van Nest neighborhood when he and a woman he’d never seen before got into an argument, authorities and sources said. 

The squabble took a violent turn as the train was passing through the Bronx Park East station — when the woman suddenly pulled out a small silver knife and cut the man on the right side of his neck, police said. 

The victim, who got off the train after the attack, was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition. 

The knife-wielding woman, believed to be in her 40s, stayed on board and had not been caught by Monday. 

In an unrelated, broad-daylight spurt of violence hours earlier, a stranger slashed a 78-year-old man in the cheek during an argument in Hells Kitchen, cops said. 

The dreadlocked suspect intentionally bumped into the senior at West 48th Street and Ninth Avenue around 2:50 p.m., sparking a brief squabble, police sources said. 

A manager at the all-day brunch joint Mom’s Kitchen and Bar, who identified himself as Conor, said the mayhem unfolded outside his restaurant.

The restaurant worker described surveillance footage of the attack, showing the perpetrator drawing a knife from his bag and cutting the septuagenarian across the face. 

The victim then went inside a nearby Mexican restaurant, Planet Taco, while someone called the cops, Conor said. 

He was ultimately taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition. 

Meanwhile, the assailant took off, heading west on 48th Street toward 10th Avenue, the sources said. 

The alleged slasher, who was still on the loose Monday, was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers, carrying a red Target bag.

Clueless pedestrians walked on the blood-stained sidewalk before a Planet Taco worker cleaned it up.

“That was crazy for sure. I’m from New York and I’ve never seen that before,” Conor said. “On a Sunday at 3 p.m., that’s the craziest bit.”