Club-Wielding Muggers Break Bed-Stuy Man's Leg, Cops Say

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN -- Club-wielding muggers broke a man's leg and eye socket during a brutal Bed-Stuy beating caught on video, police said.

Four men can be seen swing clubs at a 50-year-old man on Pulaski Street between Stuyvesant Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard at about 6:45 p.m. on Feb. 2, police said.

Video shows several passersby walking away as the 50-year-old is clubbed by his attackers, who stole his cellphone then fled toward Stuyvesant Avenue, police said.

Emergency responders rushed the beaten man to Woodhull Hospital in serious but stable condition where he was treated for a broken leg and broken eye socket, said police.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.

Photos and video courtesy of the NYPD