{"id":127044,"date":"2026-02-08T20:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/127044\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T20:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:36:27","slug":"two-knife-holdups-arrests-made-in-gunpoint-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/127044\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Knife Holdups \u2014 Arrests Made in Gunpoint Robbery\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two newsstands in Midtown were targeted in knifepoint robberies just minutes apart Thursday night, adding to a string of unsettling incidents in the neighborhood this week \u2014 including a gunpoint robbery on W47th Street the night before that has now led to multiple arrests.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1250\" height=\"938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NYPD-W45-newsstand_4567.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128403\"\/>An empty NYPD car sat on 8th Avenue as officers went to speak with the newsstand robbery victim at W45th Street. Photo: Catie Savage<\/p>\n<p>In the hour that followed, the sound of an NYPD helicopter circling overhead became a familiar backdrop for residents, as officers continued searching the area for suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to verify and manage your account.<\/p>\n<p>An account was already registered with this email. Please check your inbox for an authentication link.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/catie-savage\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Catie Savage\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-Catie-Savage-80x80.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a Hell&#8217;s Kitchen resident since 2005, I have lived in both the W30s and W50s. After a 15 year career in the luxury fashion industry, I made a pivot to community advocacy in 2020. In addition to my role as Deputy Editor at W42ST, I am founder of the local non-profit cleanup group Litter Legion, co-chair of HK49-54 Block Alliance and a member of Manhattan Community Board 4. I\u2019m deeply committed to improving my neighborhood and serving the people who call it home.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/catie-savage\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by Catie Savage\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two newsstands in Midtown were targeted in knifepoint robberies just minutes apart Thursday night, adding to a string&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63,103],"class_list":["post-127044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}