Group Pulls Knife, Steals Soda From Lenox Hill Convenience Shop: NYPD

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A Lenox Hill store was robbed by a group of four men with some kind of knife on Monday, according to officials.

Police said all that was taken was a soda, but that one of the men threatened the store's worker with what appeared to be a knife.

The men entered the convenience store, located on East 70th Street between First and York avenues, at around 7:15 p.m., police said.

Three members in the group stood by the door while one man demanded vapes from the store clerk, and refused to offer his identification, police said.

The man then brandished an object that appeared to be a knife, the 23-year-old clerk told police, as another took a soda from a fridge without paying, officials said.

All of the men then fled the store toward York Avenue, police said.

An NYPD spokesperson said there were no arrests and that there was no suspect description available as of Tuesday morning.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).