Staying safe in this part of town is no w🍌alk i♒n the park.
Felony crimes — including ꦑrape and burglary — are up more than 10 percent year-to-date through Sunday in Central Park, acco🎉rding to NYPD statistics.
Six rapes have been𒆙 reported in the 🐟park so far this year. This time last year, that number was zero.
Burglaries ♚also are up, with six this year versus one for the same period last year.
In addition to the felony crimes, misdemeanor sex crimes in the park have doubled, with𝐆 eight so far this year versus four this time last year.
Since those numbers were r👍elease🍨d, there have been two other incidents.
Monday night, a woman wa꧑s attacked by a deranged man who bit her arm as she walked along the park’s East Drive near East 102nd Street.
Cops said the 30-yea🌼r-old victim was enjoying a walk near the North Meadow softball fields around 9:30 p.m. when the creep came up from behind and grabbed her.
He triedও to rip her shirt open before biting he꧙r, cops said.
When she fought back, the sicko threatened, “I will kill yꦕou!”
He gave up and fled the scene.
The victimꦬ was treated at Harlem Hospital for🔯 minor injuries.
“It’s scary for sure,” said 🧸Jessie McKenzie, a 1🍨7-year-old student who reads in the park every day.
“I love the park. I go the𝕴re to read a book, but I leave when it gets dark. I’m always vigilant and I make sure I’m with someone.”
A day after the biting incident, a concession-stand worker was robbed at knifepoint by two thugs who snatched his ti𓄧p jar and a Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
Cops said the thieves confronted th♊e worker at the Loeb Boathouse concession stand near East 72nd Street at around 6 p.m. and swiped the cash.
The worker tried to chase the crooks down, but 🌊backed o🧸ff when one of them pulled a knife.
No one was injured.
Later that evening, police dusted the shack 🎶for prints🃏, and took in several people for questioning.
Elizabeth Cotto, 30, an administrat🅠ive assistant, said she grew up near Central Park and walks through the park to get home from work. She said she is careful even when the sun is 🌟still shining.
“It is very concerning,” Cotto said. “When I’m goi🦄ng home from work, I make sure there are people around me.”
Additional reporting by Amanda Lozada