GREENWICH VILLAGE — An incident of public urination in the Village ended in injury last weekend, according to a police report.
Police spotted a 32-year-old man urinating on the sidewalk on Minetta Street between Minetta Lane and Sixth Avenue about 2:15 a.m. on Oct. 3, police said.
The man tried to flee when officers approached him, and was injured in the process of being "forcibly apprehended," police said.
The man was left with a "small laceration" to his head, according to police.
He was treated by EMS at the 6th Precinct stationhouse, police said. The FDNY confirmed that they received a call of a "non-critical" injury at the 6th Precinct's address and dispatched the EMS workers who treated the man.
The police report said the man wanted to go to the hospital. The FDNY had no record of taking him to one.
The man was given a ticket in the end, records show.
Just a few days prior to the incident, the new 6th Precinct commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Joseph Simonetti, had vowed to crackdown on drunk antics, particularly public urination and pot-smoking, on Minetta Street and Minetta Lane.
Simonetti made the promised during his first 6th Precinct Community Council meeting, where residents showed up to complain about the issue.
Some residents said the issue was worst between the hours of midnight and 4 a.m. They said it coincides with the end of shows at longtime Village music venue Cafe Wha?, famous for being the place where Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix got their starts.
Hal Pardo, director of musical operations at Cafe Wha?, said that the venue is not the root of the problem.
"Our clientele is pretty — in comparison to a lot of the other businesses directly surrounding us — probably on the higher end," Pardo said. "There are several bars, not to name names, that are chronic over-servers and have an irresponsible clientele."
"All of our patrons pass by the bathroom before the leave," he added. "They have an opportunity to use the restroom."
If anything, Pardo said, the venue struggles with the same offenders.
"They use the side of our building to relieve themselves," Pardo said. "It's unfortunate."
