[NYPOST] A The 26-year-old victim was walking along East 6th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A in the East Village at around 10:30 p.m. when the man ran up and hit her in the leg with the hockey stick without any warning, police said.
The woman was treated by paramedics at the scene, cops said.
Her attacker ran off and remains at large.
He was last seen wearing a black jacket, a light-colored hoodie, light-colored pants and multi-color sneakers, according to a description provided by the NYPD.
The assault comes after several women reported being randomly punched in the face by male strangers while walking in the Big Apple last month.
Most of the unprovoked, single-punch assaults occurred in Manhattan and targeted women in their 20s.
Several women recounted the traumatic attacks and showed the bruises or bumps on their faces in videos posted to TikTok and Instagram — which led even more victims to come forward and share similar experiences in NYC.