Police in Midtown are investigating a stabbing on Tuesday night that sent a man to the hospital.

According to police sources, the attack unfolded at around 9 p.m. on Oct. 14 near the corner of West 49th Street and 8th Avenue, in the confines of the Midtown North Precinct.

Law enforcement sources said the victim, a 41-year-old man, was walking through the area when an unidentified suspect approached from behind and stabbed him in the back with an unknown sharp object.

Following the assault, police reported, the perpetrator — who was last seen wearing a beige shirt, black pants, and white sneakers — fled northbound on foot along 8th Avenue.

EMS rushed the victim to Bellevue Hospital, where he is expected to survive.

Law enforcement sources did not immediately provide a motive for the st

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