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Teen Punches Woman on Hell’s Kitchen Street Before Stealing iPhone: NYPD

 The woman was in front of the High School of Graphic Communication Arts on West 49th Street when the teen punched her and stole her iPhone, police said.
The woman was in front of the High School of Graphic Communication Arts on West 49th Street when the teen punched her and stole her iPhone, police said.
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DNAinfo/Maya Rajamani

HELL'S KITCHEN — A teen punched a woman in the face and stole her iPhone as she was walking past a high school on West 49th Street, police said.

The 47-year-old victim, from the Upper East Side, was walking westbound on West 49th Street between Ninth and 10th avenues on April 27 at 3:46 p.m. when a male teenager punched her in the face and took her $300 gold and white iPhone, the NYPD said.

The woman was in front of 439 W. 49th St., the High School of Graphic Communication Arts, when the attack happened, police said.

The woman was not injured, but her phone could not be traced because her “Find My iPhone” app wasn’t usable, the NYPD said.

A 66-year-old man witnessed the attack, police said.

Police conducted a canvas of the scene but didn't find the mugger.

A city Department of Education spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the incident.