Police say the 17-year-old was on the southbound 3 train platform Friday just after 9 p.m. at the Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway stop when the man grabbed his backpack.
The teen says when he tried to get the bag back, the man knifed him in the shoulder.
He was taken to the hospital where he is in stable condition.
The suspect fled the scene.
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