An assailant on a bicycle carrying a delivery bag stabbed a man twice during a fight that escalated outside Washington Square Park on Tuesday night, police and sources said.
Officials said the victim was crossing the street when he got into an argument with the suspect at Washington Square South and Thompson Street just after 5 p.m.
Police said the thug then stabbed the man in the head and back with a knife.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where his condition is said to be stable.
Officials said the suspect was riding a white bicycle with a red delivery bag on his back as he pedaled south on Thompson Street and then east on West 3rd Street.
There were no arrests by Wednesday morning.
The nature of their discussion was not immediately known.
Police said the attack occurred nearly three months after a 33-year-old man was stabbed and robbed during a dispute over food inside the iconic green space.
According to authorities, the victim was on the north side of the park on Aug. 15 at around 9:30 p.m. when the altercation broke out.
Police said the suspect slashed the park user in the back with a knife and stole his backpack.
In the 6th Precinct, which covers Greenwich Village and the West Village, which includes the park, overall serious crime has fallen nearly 14% since the beginning of the year, according to the latest data from the New York City Police Department.
Felony assaults in particular are down about 17% so far this year, with 152 such crimes reported compared to 182 during the same period last year.
