Two men were stabbed and a third was hit on the head with a bottle in a violent brawl aboard a party boat in Brooklyn Saturday afternoon, cops said.
“We were having an amazing time and then as soon as it was time to get off the boat, that’s when the commotion started,” said one woman who wished to stay anonymous.
Police responded about 5 p.m. to a 911 call for a knife assault on a party yacht dubbed the ‘Cornucopia Majesty,’ docked at Pier 4 at the Brooklyn Army Terminal near 58th St. in Sunset Park.
“We were standing there and everybody started fighting,” said one witness who asked to remain anonymous. “Then I see a guy got stabbed, laid in his car, blood running off his chest and a whole bunch of cops started coming in.”
Police found a 32-year-old man stabbed once in the lung, a 40-year-old man stabbed four times in the chest and abdomen, and a 28-year-old man who had been whacked in the head with a bottle. Two other people were injured but refused medical attention, the FDNY said.
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NYPD officers and detectives investigate after multiple people are stabbed aboard the Cornucopia Majesty party yacht docked at Pier 4 in the Brooklyn Army Terminal, Saturday, April 20, 2024.
Medics rushed the injured partygoers to NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn where they were all expected to survive, cops and police sources said.
It was not immediately clear what sparked the squabble, cops said.
“Everybody was trying to get away from the rowdiness. Stampede, everybody shoving. That’s dangerous,” said Kevaun Whitely, 27.
BYFAR Entertainment, the group that hosted the bash, posted a statement to Instagram stating, “Unfortunately, a crime scene developed by the pier which has caused the postponement of the night event.”
A previous post of theirs detailed information for a second event on the ‘Cornucopia Majesty’ slated for 6 p.m. Saturday.
“BYFAR Entertainment has always been a beacon of safe events in New York City and this rare occurrence has never been the norm with us,” their statement continued.
No arrests have been made. Officials allowed five people to exit the yacht at a time and conducted searches and witness interviews as they continued their investigation, partygoers said.
“I’m glad we got out safe. At the end of the day I hope nobody passed away from all this,” Whitely said.
With Rocco Parascandola
