Stuy Town Stabbing

Bumped Walking on Street,Stabbed in Back

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a stabbing at the Stuy Town subway station. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Manhattan Voice

September 23, 2024

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MANHATTAN - It’s getting violent to even walk down the streets in the city. The NYPD are looking for two men in separate attacks in which the victim was bumped on the street. In one case the victim was stabbed in the back.

The first attack occurred Friday outside Stuy Town. At around 8:45 pm on September 20, a 29-year-old male was walking down the subway staircase at the 1st Avenue and 14th Street station. 

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an assault in the Flatiron District. -Photo by NYPD

Cops said the victim bumped into a man on the stairs. Cops said the man turned around and began arguing with the victim. The man then pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim in the back.

The attacker ran off.

EMS rushed the victim to Bellevue Hospital where he was treated and listed in stable condition.

Two days earlier another man was assaulted in a bump on the street in the Flatiron District. At around 8 am on September 18, a man was walking on the street at 1107 Broadway. Cops said another man came at him in the opposite direction. With great force the man bumped into the victim knocking him to the concrete.

The attacker ran off.

EMS transported the victim to Bellevue Hospital where he was treated for injuries to his head and back.

The NYPD released surveillance videos from both attacks.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.