A 39-year-old man was slashed on his shoulder, hip and hand along Myrtle Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Tuesday night, and police had not made any arrests as of Wednesday afternoon. The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment, though his condition remained unknown.
Police said the attack happened Tuesday night in Bed-Stuy, according to News12, which reported the suspect cut the victim across three parts of his body on Myrtle Avenue. No suspect description or motive has been released, and investigators had not announced any arrests as of Wednesday afternoon.
Police are asking anyone with information about the assault to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS, the outlet reported. The 79th Precinct covers Bedford-Stuyvesant, according to Hoodline.
A Pattern of Slashings in the Neighborhood
In August, a 26-year-old woman was slashed multiple times after a verbal dispute with another woman inside a building on Myrtle Avenue, with the victim rushed to NYC Health+Hospitals/Woodhull in stable condition.
Back in January, a 30-year-old man was slashed on the right side of his face in front of 315 Lexington Avenue after a suspect approached him from behind with a sharp instrument. That victim was taken by private means to The Brooklyn Hospital Center with a facial laceration. A separate Bedford-Stuyvesant incident described by Hoodline involved an elderly man who was slashed and had his sandals taken.
What the Precinct Crime Numbers Show
The string of slashings comes amid a documented rise in certain violent crime categories across the area's precincts. In the 81st Precinct, major crimes climbed nearly 13% during January and February compared with the same stretch in 2025, with felony assault up 21.2%, according to Patch. The 79th Precinct, which covers the blocks around Tuesday's attack, saw overall crime rise more than 2% in the same two months, while robbery jumped 94.7%.
Those local increases stand in contrast to citywide trends, where New York recorded 83 shooting incidents and 97 shooting victims during January and February — new record lows, Patch reported. Looking further back, NYPD's historical CompStat table lists 197 robbery complaints in the 79th Precinct in 2025, compared with 636 in 2001, a 69% decrease across those years, according to Hoodline's earlier reporting.
For now, the Tuesday night slashing remains an open investigation. Police have released no further details on a suspect or the victim's condition, and anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
