Kips Bay Beatdown in Park

Good-Time Charlies Stage Beating in Park

By Dan Gesslein

Manhattan Voice

April 24, 2025

NEW YORK - Cops are looking for a trio of good time social media posters who allegedly beat a man inside a park in Kips Bay. 

The NYPD released photos of 3 men who posted images of themselves having a good time on social media. One photo showed a man vaping. Another showed a suspect inside a liquor store and the third suspect appeared to be intoxicated. 

Cops say this trio of Good-Time Charlies were inside a park at 480 2nd Avenue in Kips Bay on April 4. At around 5:47 pm, the trio got into a dispute with a 26-year-old man. Cops said the verbal dispute turned into an argument which then became physical. 

The group began punching the victim in the face and then proceeded to strike him throughout the body. As the victim lay on the ground, the trio of attackers fled. 

EMS transported the victim to nearby Bellevue Hospital. He was treated and is listed in stable condition. 

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.