The targeted alley at West 4th and Bleeker is 1.3 miles from the hockey game at Madison Square Garden and is not within the 2 block radius that would have been required by the killer to replicate the original crime.
There are no elevated subways near West 4th and Bleeker Street (i.e. Greenwich Village) in Manhattan.
There are no elevated subways anywhere in Mid-town Manhattan Manhattan. The last was the 'Third Avenue El' which ceased operations on May 12, 1955.