An NYPD Transit police officer was punched in the face while responding to calls of a man with a knife at a crowded Midtown subway station Saturday afternoon, cops said.

The female officer was at Rockefeller Center Station on the BDFM line when the brute slugged her around 4:45 p.m., police said.

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</a><figcaption>The brute hit the female officer and then dropped the knife and ran, police said.</figcaption><figcaption><span class="credit">Bo Zaunders</span></figcaption>

The fiend dropped the knife and fled up to the street to get away, police said.&nbsp;

The knife was recovered on the scene, cops said.

An NYPD transit police officer was punched in the face while responding to calls of a man with a knife at a crowded Midtown subway station Saturday afternoon, cops said.{ai:summary}<p>A Transit police officer in NYC was punched in the face while responding to a call about a knife-wielding man at a subway station. The perpetrator fled and dropped the knife before escaping. #crime</p>

Knife-wielding fiend in subway punches female cop in the face: NYPD

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