By Gus Saltonstall
Two men were stabbed Thursday afternoon on the Upper West Side, a police spokesperson told West Side Rag.
A 40-year-old man and a 50-year-old man were stabbed around 2:30 p.m. in the vicinity of West 84th Street and Central Park West, police said.
Both men were taken to a local hospital in stable condition, NYPD added.
The police spokesperson said a person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with the stabbing.
ABC7 reported that the first stabbing took place near West 84th Street and Central Park West, when the attacker stabbed the 40-year-old man in the torso. The suspect then walked toward Amsterdam Avenue and West 86th Street and is accused of stabbing the 50-year-old man, according to ABC7.
Police did not provide additional information to West Side Rag as of 4:50 p.m. regarding other details about the Upper West Side attack, but New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin posted the following statement on social media.
I am absolutely sickened and furious by what appears to be an antisemitic stabbing on the Upper West Side.
While we await additional details to be confirmed, we know that what is happening in our city is abhorrent. The fear in the Jewish community is real. Every New Yorker…
— Speaker Julie Menin (@SpeakerMenin) July 23, 2026
NYPD have not yet said if they are investigating the stabbings as a hate crime.
This is a developing story, please check back in for details.
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Very nice. We need state run mental hospitals again. Just prescribing meds and letting the violent mentally ill into the general population is a failed experiment. They need to be institutionalized for everyone’s safety.
Where were the violence interrupters? Believe it or not, they are an official part of NYC’s crisis management system. Has anyone here ever seen them?