A 70-year-old MTA worker was hospitalized Sunday night after an unprovoked attack in a Manhattan subway station, authorities said. 

The worker, an on-duty female dispatcher, was standing in the station area of the Hudson Yards 7 train stop around 8:15 p.m. when a man approached her from behind and punched her in the nose, unprovoked, causing minor lacerations to her face, police said.

She was taken to Mt. Sinai West for treatment and is in stable condition, according to police.

Police said the suspect fled the scene on foot, and no arrest has been made as of Monday morning.

Assaults of city transit workers hit a peak in 2022, with 121 reported instances through the end of November, according to data provided by the MTA. 

The four weeks beginning Dec. 5 saw 15 assaults across the system.

MTA data shows assaults on transit workers have risen year over year since 2019, when there were 94 reported assaults on subway and buses. In 2020, that number rose to 96.

In 2021, assaults rose to 118. They rose again in 2022, to 121 through Nov. 30.​