Argument Over Woman Leads To Stabbing At Hell's Kitchen Shelter

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — A man was stabbed Thursday night in a troubled Hell's Kitchen homeless shelter following an argument over a woman, police said.

Officers responded to the Aladdin Hotel shelter on West 45th Street around 7 p.m. Thursday and found a 31-year-old man suffering slash wounds to his neck, abdomen and leg, police said. A 34-year-old also suffered a minor wound on her left leg, police said.

The man was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition and the woman refused medical attention, police said.

Police said the stabbing happened during an argument over the woman, but exact details aren't yet known. Both the man and the woman are residents of the homeless shelter, police said. Nobody has been charged with a crime in relation to the stabbing.

The Aladdin Hotel is a city Department of Homeless Services shelter that is set to be phased out of the city's system under Mayor Bill de Blasio's "Turning the Tide" homelessness initiative, DNAinfo reported in 2017. The shelter serves more than 150 adult families, who will be moved to either permanent housing or another DHS facility by the end of 2019, a DHS spokesperson said.

Residents who live near the Aladdin shelter told DNAinfo in 2017 that the facility brought drugs and violence to the neighborhood. New York City's tabloids coined the phrase "hell hotel" to refer to the shelter.