It happened on a No. 4 train just before 5 p.m. Monday as it was approaching the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station in Lower Manhattan.
Police say the two men got into a dispute, with one using a box cutter to attack the other.
The 29-year-old victim was left with a wound on his forearm.
The attacker got away.
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