A brute slugged an elderly man who refused to let him inside the lobby of a Manhattan apartment building over the weekend, authorities said.
The 79-year-old victim was in the lobby of his building near East 23rd Street and Third Avenue in Gramercy Park just after 6 p.m. Saturday when a stranger asked him to open a door and let him inside, cops said.
The senior refused to do so – prompting a violent scuffle that ended with the menace punching the senior in the face, police said.
The attacker then took off, heading west on East 23 Street.
The victim suffered minor injuries and was taken to NYU Langone Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.
The assailant – seen in surveillance video released by the NYPD – was last seen wearing a fur hooded jacket, blue sweatpants and a dark colored hooded sweatshirt.
He was still on the loose Thursday.