Man Robbed At Knifepoint On Busy Midtown Block, Police Say

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify two men who pulled off a brazen knifepoint robbery on a busy Midtown Manhattan block in broad daylight, police said.

A 20-year-old man was walking on Sixth Avenue near West 48th Street — just blocks away from busy areas such as Rockefeller Center and Bryant Park — on Sunday when he was approached by two people who demanded that he hand over his wallet and backpack, police said. One of the robbers pulled a knife and threatened the man, said police.

The man complied with the muggers' commands and was not harmed, police said.

Police described the two robbers as men in their 20s who both stood about 5-foot-9 and weighed about 170 to 180 pounds. One of the robbers wore a black shirt with the word "Brooklyn" in front of it, black pants, black sneakers, black "YANKEE" baseball cap and the other wore a gray hoodie camouflage jump suit and black boots, police said. The police released photos of the two men (seen above) taken on street-facing security cameras.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).