The video was shared to Facebook by Lazaro Nolasco who witnessed the kind act as he boarded the train in Washington Heights.
Nolasco told the New York Daily News that the elderly man was sitting alone and didn't have a shirt on.
His "body looked sick", he said.
Miren este Video Wow ???????? Este hombre se merese muchas bendisiones por la buena accion que Hizo ???? Dios Lo bendiga amen?? y aPrendan ?? y Lo hizo sin esperar nada acambio ?????????? nesesitamos más personas como el ?? SI ALGUIEN LO CONOSE ETIQuETELO ?? ?????? God bless him
Posted by Läzaro El Feo on Friday, January 8, 2016
The man seems overwhelmed and appears to be wiping away a tear from his face.
"The guy did a good deed, so I wanted to record it," Nolasco told the Daily News.
The video has been shared more than 200,000 times on Facebook.

