It happened around 3:40 p.m. at the Fulton Street Station, where police say Calvin Wilson pushed the 26-year-old victim onto the roadbed of the northbound A train.
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The victim sustained injuries to his right ankle, leg and hand.
Wilson fled but was quickly apprehended.
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Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Wilson has a history of run-ins in the subway system, including threatening an MTA employee with a pipe.
"When you look at the individual arrested yesterday, we have encountered him multiple times," he said. "We found him sleeping on the subway. We brought him to a shelter multiple times. We arrested him in December for threatening an MTA employee with a pipe. We brought him as an emotionally disturbed person to the hospital multiple times. That's what the concern is here. There are multiple opportunities. This individual has issues, clearly mental health issues."
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He was charged with assault and reckless endangerment and was taken to Bellevue Hospital for a medical evaluation.
He has at least 13 prior arrests.
"There's got to be follow up," Shea said. "This person is a danger, unfortunately. And he is not alone."
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