A 27-year-old woman has been hospitalized following a stabbing in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx, police said.

 

An NYPD spokesperson said police received a 911 call at 5.50 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, regarding a woman who was stabbed at 3410 Kingsbridge Avenue. “Upon arrival, officers discovered a 27-year-old female with multiple stab wounds throughout the body,” the spokesperson said. “She was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital (in Manhattan), and is in stable condition.”

 

Police said they were questioning one person regarding the incident. A large pool of blood spatterings was seen on the corner of Kingsbridge Avenue and West 234th Street where a parking lot is located and the block on West 234th Street between Kingsbridge Avenue and Broadway was blocked off by police.

 

We later asked the NYPD if the stabbing took place at the parking lot or elsewhere and they said it took place inside an apartment but may have expanded to the wider area.

 

Footprints mental health clinic is located across the street from the parking lot. The manager of MyUnique Thrift store on West 234th Street said customers had come into the store earlier saying something had happened outside on the street but when he later went to check, he said he just saw police and a lot of commotion but didn’t see what had happened. He confirmed nobody came into the store seeking assistance.

We spoke to one local male resident who declined to be identified and asked him for his reaction to the stabbing. He spoke about another incident he had just witnessed that day when he saw a man reportedly stealing two bunches of flowers from a local deli. The stabbing took place on St. Valentine’s Day.

 

“The attendant ran after him, and he caught him,” the man said. “And I come, I turned around the corner, and there’s a crime scene here where somebody got stabbed in the parking lot.”

 

The man continued, “I don’t know if there was a robbery or an argument over a parking space. I have no idea, but there’s a lot of crime going on and it’s a shame what’s going on in this world.” The 50th Precinct stationhouse is located two blocks from the crime scene at Kingsbridge Avenue and West 236th Street. We asked the man if he was interested in seeing more police in the area.

 

“Yeah, well, it’s not a question…. Yeah, you need more police, but Jesus, it’s just that you never know where a crime is going to be committed,” he said. Asked if there was generally crime in the area, the man said, “Well, yeah, it’s been a while since any kind of crime has been around here.”

 

He added, “But this one is, this one is starting to…. it’s a wake-up call from the neighborhood, you know what I mean? There should be more patrolling on these blocks. But the holidays usually bring trouble, you know? People just don’t have the money to buy, so they go out and steal it, you know?”

 

We spoke to another woman who was walking down Kingsbridge Avenue towards the crime scene carrying a bunch of flowers. She was not aware of the stabbing. Once informed, she said, “Oh my Lord!” and declined to give any further comment.

We spoke to another male resident of the area at the crime scene itself and asked if he had seen what happened. He said, “Someone was… someone was hurt. Yeah, I don’t know the severity of it but, you know, we shall see what happens. God willing, everything is going to be okay,”

 

Asked if he lived in the area, the man said, “Yes, I do.” Asked how he felt about his general safety, he said, “It’s… anything can happen anywhere, anytime and place. You know, this is fairly safe neighborhood. I’ve been here quite a while, and things like this are very rare.”

 

We mentioned the mental health clinic located across the street from the crime scene and asked if residents had experienced any safety-related or other issues with patients attending the clinic, and the man said, “Oh no, that is fairly new, and no, no issues, thankfully.”

 

We also spoke to another male resident, Randy, who was just walking up Kingsbridge Avenue and asked for his assessment of crime in the area. “To be honest with you, this is a very calm area,” he said. “The only other time that anything has ever happened was, like, maybe eight, seven years ago.” He said there had been a stabbing at the McDonalds on 238th Street. He mentioned that someone had been stabbed and had died.

 

He added, “That was it but this is very quieter. That’s why I was completely shocked when I walked by. I was like…..Oh, they taped off the area and everything.” We asked Randy if in his experience, there had been any issues with patients at the nearby mental health clinic. “No, we don’t really have any, like, homeless or mentally sick people around here,” he said. “It’s like I said. It’s extremely quiet.” Of the victim, he added, “Yeah, I hope the person gets better.”

Anyone with information regarding this 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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story reported (incorrectly) that the referenced parking lot was located at Kingsbridge Avenue and West 233rd Street. In fact, it’s located at West 234th Street and Kingsbridge Avenue. We apologize for this error which has since been corrected.