A 19-year-old man was stabbed in the back Wednesday in a seemingly unprovoked attack outside Summons Court, just feet from One Police Plaza, police said.
The victim told police he was standing on line outside the Municipal Building — which houses Summons Court and is about 500 feet from the main entrance to police headquarters — when the attacker came up to him, said nothing, then plunged a knife into his back, just below his neck.
The victim, who lives in Brooklyn and was supposed to answer a traffic summons, was taken by medics to Bellevue Hospital and is expected to recover.
The attacker got away, heading west on Reade St. The weapon was not recovered.
The suspect is 6 feet tall and was wearing a dark-colored leather jacket and a brown or black hat, police said.
The 11:35 a.m. assault is the second act of violence near One Police Plaza in four days.
On Saturday evening, an innocent bystander was shot dead and another man shot and wounded two blocks east of One Police Plaza, at Madison St. and St. James Place.
The shooter in that incident is still being sought.
Police ask that anyone with information about either incident, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. All tips are confidential.