Friday, August 28, 2026

A Citi Bike pursuit and a fistfight in the middle of Avenue A

It was a striking midday scene on Wednesday, with two men fighting in the middle of Avenue A at 13th Street as traffic waited around them. 

The confrontation appeared to be the culmination of a pursuit that may have continued for several blocks.

EVG reader Ali Royals, who witnessed the incident, said the man in shorts caught up with the man in jeans and intentionally crashed his Citi Bike into the other man's Citi Bike.
According to Royals, the man in jeans — whom she described as "the vigilante" — then accused the other man of pushing kids in Tompkins Square Park before throwing several punches. 

The man in shorts lost both of his shoes during the altercation. (They were still in the intersection several hours later.) It was not immediately known whether either man required medical attention.
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15 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 28, 2026 at 10:07 AM

    Road Rage on bikes?

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  2. AnonymousAugust 28, 2026 at 10:42 AM

    This is hilarious🤣🤣🤣. Thank you I needed this 🙏🏻

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  3. AnonymousAugust 28, 2026 at 12:11 PM

    Which one was declared winner? Any chance any of the participants actually paid for his citibike?

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  4. AnonymousAugust 28, 2026 at 12:51 PM

    They deserve each other.

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  5. AnonymousAugust 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM

    Those were jorts. Not shorts.

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  6. Patapsco JonesAugust 28, 2026 at 1:42 PM

    So shorts guy chased after jeans guy to become a punching bag? Seems like the script got flipped somewhere. I suppose we'll never know.

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  7. AnonymousAugust 28, 2026 at 2:21 PM

    Just another colorful day in the east village...

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  8. 2ndAvenueSilverPantherAugust 28, 2026 at 4:09 PM

    And, meanwhile, over on 2nd Avenue, a guy who'd assembled a huge collection of stuff clogging the sidewalk on almost half of the East side of the block - for at least a week or so - finally got himself arrested when he started menacing pedestrians and passing cars with a large metal pole.

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    1. #DONTEVERCALLMEBROAugust 28, 2026 at 7:26 PM

      "And, meanwhile, over on 2nd Avenue" . What street was this on? Thanks.

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    2. ShadowwhispersAugust 29, 2026 at 10:57 PM

      2nd ave. and St.Mark's right in front of the Theater. Wonder why he snapped.

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    3. 2ndAvenueSilverPantherAugust 30, 2026 at 6:28 AM

      The mayhem was on 2nd Avenue between 7th & St Marks

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  9. #DONTEVERCALLMEBROAugust 28, 2026 at 7:24 PM

    Time for the famous Godzilla meme -"Let Them Fight."

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  10. AnonymousAugust 29, 2026 at 11:34 PM

    two guys going at it with fists only, seems old fashioned and borderline honorable in 2026

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  11. AnonymousAugust 30, 2026 at 12:16 PM

    Big shouts Byline @ali

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