INWOOD — An uptown man was robbed at knifepoint on Seaman Avenue early Tuesday morning — the second incident on the quiet street this month, police said.
It also comes a day after another knifepoint robbery on 191st Street and Audubon Avenue when three men stole two iPhones. It was not clear who the victims were in that case or if the incidents were related.
The victim in the Tuesday incident was walking home from the subway shortly after midnight when he was approached from behind by a man holding a knife on Seaman Avenue, near Cumming Street, police said.
The thief demanded the victim’s cellphone and wallet and then fled with his iPhone and $20 in cash, according to the NYPD.
The victim was not injured.
No description of the suspect was available at this time.
Some Inwood residents were already on edge after a robbery occurred earlier this month on the normally quiet Seaman Avenue.
On Dec. 12, an 81-year-old woman had her nose broken when a thief pushed her to the ground and ran off with her purse. The incident happened about 6:30 p.m. on Seaman Avenue near 214th Street.
In spite of these recent incidents, robberies in the 34th Precinct were down by a little more than 10 percent for the year, according to police data. There were 210 robberies reported through Dec. 21 compared to 235 for the same time last year.
