An attacker slugged and knifed a Times Square bakery worker who confronted him in a spat over a chair late Monday, cops said.
Thomas Montice, 30, grabbed a chair from the inside of a 24-hour bakery on Broadway near West 47th Street around 9:15 p.m. and brought it outside, police said.
The worker, 23, told Montice to return the chair, which caused Montice to turn violent, cops said.
He punched the worker in the face before the two grappled on the ground, with Montice wrapped around the employee, cops said.
Seconds later, the worker felt that he had been stabbed, police said.
The bleeding victim stood up and rushed back into the store, where he asked his boss to call 911, cops said.
The wounded man was hospitalized in stable condition, police said.
Meanwhile, Montice, of Harlem, was arrested at the scene and charged with assault in the second and third degrees, as well as criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.
Workers at the bakery Tuesday afternoon denied any knowledge of the attack, saying they don’t know who works at night.
A worker at a perfume store, Arabian Oud, located next door to the bakery, called the attack “heartbreaking.”
“We all work here. That’s crazy,” the worker said. “There’s crazy people in New York.”
