Attacker Slams Woman's Head Into Tree In Central Park: Police

CENTRAL PARK, NY — A woman strolling the Central Park reservoir was attacked by a man who banged her head against a tree, police said over the weekend.

A 55-year-old woman was walking along the reservoir about 6 a.m. Thursday when a man tried to start a conversation, police said.

He then repeatedly knocked her head against a tree, hopped on a CitiBike and sped toward the East Side on the 86th Street Transverse, police said.

The woman was taken to a local hospital in stable condition, police said.

NYPD released a sketch Friday night of the attacker, describing him as standing about 5 feet 4 inches, weighing about 140 pounds having short dark hair and a blemish on the left side of his face, police said.

He was last seen wearing a dark blue jacket, police said.

The attack Thursday morning comes a little over a week after former Upper West Side City Council candidate Maria Danzilo says she was punched in the arm while walking her dog near West 81st Street in Central Park.

An NYPD spokesperson confirmed a woman, 66, was attacked around 2:25 p.m. on Marcy 29 at the place detailed by Danzilo. They said the woman was not injured and the man headed toward Belvedere Castle.

"I am shaken to the core," she tweeted the following day.

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