‘Boardwalk Empire’ star Steve Buscemi punched by maniac in random NYC attack

Metro

By Joe Marino, Valentina Jaramillo and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

It turns out nobody is secure at the streets of the Big Apple this present day – now not even cherished fatherland actor and Brooklyn local Steve Buscemi.

Buscemi, 66, was once walking via Kips Bay closing week when a brute walked up and struck the “Boardwalk Empire” star in a broad-daylight attack – one of the crucial newest unprovoked attacks in the 5 boroughs, regulation enforcement assets informed The Post.

The actor suffered swelling to his face and left eye and was once taken to Bellevue Hospital for remedy.

Meanwhile, his deranged assailant took off and remains to be at the lam, police assets mentioned.

“Steve Buscemi was assaulted in Mid-Town Manhattan, another victim of a random act of violence in the city,” Buscemi’s publicist mentioned in a observation to The Post.

“He is ok and appreciates everyone’s well wishes, though incredibly sad for everyone that this has happened to while also walking the streets of New York.”

Cops mentioned the random attack came about round 11:48 a.m. on Wednesday in entrance of 369 Third Ave.

The actor, a former FDNY firefighter, has a film profession that has spanned 4 many years, and contains roles in award-winning movies like “Fargo” and “Reservoir Dogs.”

Buscemi earned extensive approval for his portrayal of corrupt Atlantic City pol Enoch “Nucky” Thompson in the hit HBO sequence “Boardwalk Empire.”

Last week’s unprovoked attack makes him the second one actor from the preferred sequence to fall sufferer to random New York City side road violence this 12 months.

On March 31, actor Michael Stuhbarg, who performed gangster Arnold Rothstein at the display, was once out for a run at the Upper East Side when he was once struck in the again of the neck with a rock.

The NYPD arrested a deranged vagrant, Xavier Israel, 27, in the attack, which came about round 7:45 p.m. close to East ninetieth Street and East Drive.

Israel had up to now been arrested for attack and theft in 2022.

Stuhlbarg chased after the thug and into the fingers of police stationed out of doors the Russian Consulate.

Meanwhile, an NYPD spokesperson mentioned Sunday that Buscemi’s attack stays at massive.

Buscemi has been a cherished determine in his local New York and famously rushed to the web page of the World Trade Center after the 9/11 terror assaults to enroll in his former hearth corporate, Engine 55.

The former Emmy Award winner was once considered one of New York’s Bravest in the Nineteen Eighties.

In 2021, he dressed up as a personality he performed in the hit display “30 Rock” handy out sweet to kids on Halloween from a slump in Park Slope.