CHELSEA — A diner struck a woman in the face at a violence-prone Dallas BBQ after the two got into a fight over a bill, the NYPD said.
The victim, a 32-year-old woman from Pennsylvania, was trying to pay for her meal inside the eatery at 261 Eighth Avenue, at the corner of West 23rd Street, around 5:20 p.m. on April 29 when she got into an argument with a 39-year-old woman from The Bronx, police said.
At some point during the argument, the 39-year-old hit the other woman in the face, leaving it scratched and swollen, the NYPD said.
Police didn’t say whether the two women knew each other, or if the attacker was also a customer.
The 39-year-old was arrested at the scene, and the victim refused medical attention, police said.
A manager working at the restaurant Thursday declined to comment on the incident.
The restaurant was the site of a high-profile incident two years ago in which an attacker smashed two gay men with a chair inside the eatery. He was sentenced to nine years in prison for the assault.
Other recent crimes in the 10th Precinct include:
► A 32-year-old man was arrested in front of 221 W. 28th St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues, around 1:35 a.m. on April 29 after he was found to be carrying a controlled substance, police said. “It’s just GHB. I’m sorry. I’ll throw it out,” the man said at some point during the arrest.
► A 50-year-old man was arrested after he tried to steal three cases of Pampers Cruisers diapers worth a total of $261 from a Rite Aid at 282 Eighth Ave., between West 24th and 25th streets, around 11:55 a.m. on April 28, police said. A store employee followed the man after he left the store with a garbage bag filled with diapers and pointed him out to a police officer, who arrested him near the store. A manager working at the store on Thursday declined to comment on the theft.
► A 31-year-old driver collided with a taxi after attempting to flee a police officer that was trying to stop him for operating a for-hire vehicle while using an earpiece near West 24th Street and 10th Avenue around 10:44 p.m. on April 29, police said. The driver refused to provide credentials to the police officers who stopped him, said “Go f--- yourself, you are not police,” and started yelling, drawing a crowd of bystanders. He was arrested at the scene.
► A woman who was escorted out of a gym inside Silver Towers at 620 W. 42nd St., near 11th Avenue, around 7:30 p.m. on April 29 because she wasn’t a resident came back inside and smacked a female gym employee in the face, police said. “There she is, the b---h,” the attacker said at some point during the incident. She escaped the building by elevator and hadn’t been arrested as of Wednesday. Silver Towers' security director didn't immediately respond to request for comment Thursday.
► A yellow taxi driver sped off after rear-ending another cab at the southeast corner of West 42nd Street and 10th Avenue around 7 p.m. on April 27, the NYPD said. The 30-year-old driver of the cab that was hit was taken to NYU Hospital with a head injury, and his female passenger was treated at the scene by EMS. The Taxi & Limousine Commission didn’t immediately respond to request for comment Thursday.
► A 53-year-old cyclist was traveling north in the bike lane on Eighth Avenue near West 15th Street around 11 p.m. on April 28 when a driver in a vehicle hit him, leaving him with a head injury, the NYPD said. The driver fled the scene on West 15th Street, and the cyclist was treated for his injuries at Lenox Hill Hospital. No one had been arrested in connection with the incident as of Wednesday.
