Two Knife Slashings in Park Slope

In the last week, two knife-wielding crooks slashed two victims, according to the NYPD 78th Precinct.

The first attack occurred on Feb. 20, where a violent thug attacked a man on Flatbush Avenue and Grand Army Plaza near the 2 and 3 train station. 

The victim told police that the black man, standing 5-foot-8 and weighing about 150 pounds, approached him and said, “What you looking at!” He then whipped out a knife and slashed the victim’s left finger, punched him three times in the head and choked his neck. After the attack, the thug, who police said was wearing a gray running jacket and had a mustache, fled into Prospect Park at around 8:05 p.m. 

The second incident occurred on Feb. 26, when a black man, standing 6-foot-1 weighing 185 pounds, approached the victim on the northwest corner of Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street at around 2:40 p.m. and asked, “Do I know you from somewhere?” The man, wearing a blue hooded jacket, a black skullcap and blue jeans, punched the victim in the face and cut him with a knife on the right side of his face, neck and left hand. The victim was transported to New York Methodist Hospital immediately.