Mobs of rowdy migrants got into an all-out brawl outside a Midtown hotel, swinging sticks, belts and even traffic cones during the violent broad-daylight melee, shocking new video shows.
At least a dozen asylum seekers squared off Sunday afternoon outside The Row hotel on Eighth Avenue, with one out-of-control migrant seen swinging a bat menacingly at the mob before one of the combatants is taken to the ground and pummeled by four others, footage posted on X shows.
At least two men are seen wearing bicycle helmets as the two sides square off in the middle of the street — even as motorists stream by in the middle of the brawl.
At one point one of the violent migrants comes up behind one and smacks him in the head, knocking the helmet off his head before retreating back across Eighth Avenue, the video shows.
It is unclear what sparked the brawl and the NYPD did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Row is one of dozens of hotels and shelters converted to house asylum seekers flowing into the Big Apple from the US border with Mexico.
More than 190,000 migrants have arrived in the Big Apple since the influx started in the spring of 2022, with more than 64,000 currently housed in city shelters.
Some migrant hotspots have erupted in violence in recent months, including a scuffle between illegal vendors in Jackson Heights and cops trying to break up an illicit open-air market.
In January, one migrant was stabbed to death during a violent attack at a massive tent city erected on Randall’s Island to handle the influx of asylum seekers.
Last month, Mayor Eric Adams imposed curfews on several massive migrant housing sites.
