The 40-year-old victim was in the lobby the Chase Bank on Eighth Avenue near West 40th Street around 4 a.m. when another man walked up to him and threw an unknown liquid in his face without saying a word, police said.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/01/19/stranger-tosses-scalding-liquid-at-homeless-man-in-nyc-cops/

The Row Hotel on Eighth Avenue is another mega-shelter for migrants.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/01/06/nyc-emergency-shelters-for-migrants-have-no-rooms/

The terrorism suspect left his sleeping bag and camping equipment in a Queens park before the attack on West 52nd Street and Eighth Avenue, where one officer — in his first day on the job — suffered a fractured skull.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/01/04/news/york/bickford-neighbors-machete-attack/