{"id":189877,"date":"2026-04-08T18:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/189877\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:48:10","slug":"maniac-slashes-passerby-in-random-attack-outside-nyc-flatiron-district-hot-spot-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/189877\/","title":{"rendered":"Maniac slashes passerby in random attack outside NYC Flatiron District hot spot: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A maniac slashed a passerby on his leg in an apparently unprovoked attack outside a Manhattan hot spot known for its scenic rooftop bar Tuesday, cops and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old male victim was walking north on Fifth Avenue near West 27th Street in the Flatiron District around 9:10 p.m. when the apparent stranger suddenly knifed him with a \u201csharp object\u201d behind his right hamstring and fled, according to cops and sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The assault happened in front of 230 Fifth Ave., known for its rooftop bar with a sweeping view of the city\u2019s skyline, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39027361\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/230-fifth-rooftop-bar-top-125242140.jpg\" alt=\"230 fifth rooftop bar on top of the victoria building with view of madison square park downtown manhattan New York City USA\" class=\"wp-image-39027361\"  \/>The victim was knifed in the leg as he walked north on 5th Avenue near West 27th Street in the Flatiron District around 9:10 p.m. Tuesday, cops said.  Alamy Stock Photo<\/p>\n<p>The victim went to NYU Langone Hospital by private means, and was listed in stable condition, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, believed to be in his 40s with a dark complexion, had not been caught Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two did not appear to have known each other and did not exchange words before the attack, sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39027371\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/125242776.jpg\" alt=\"Police line do not cross tape\" class=\"wp-image-39027371\"  \/>The two were apparent strangers  and did not exchange words before the attack, sources said. Ajax9 \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>The knifing came hours after a stranger stabbed a man after starting a fight with him outside a Chinatown market, cops and sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 49-year-old victim was knifed in the right arm and back around 9:25 a.m. Tuesday in front of Wai Wah Market Inc. on Catherine Street near East Broadway, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The victim was hospitalized in stable condition, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was simply walking north on Catherine Street when he was attacked, and did not know his assailant, the sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No arrests had been made by Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A maniac slashed a passerby on his leg in an apparently unprovoked attack outside a Manhattan hot spot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[357,303,23304,57,9,56,63,65,64,361,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-189877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-assaults","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-flatiron-district","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-nyc-headlines","16":"tag-nyc-news","17":"tag-slashings","18":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189877","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=189877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}