A 16-year-old boy was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight Thursday afternoon near Esplanade and Waring Avenue in the Bronx, with two unidentified suspects making off with roughly $25 before fleeing on foot. The robbery happened at approximately 2:40 p.m. within the confines of the NYPD’s 49th Precinct, according to police.
According to NYPD Crime Stoppers, the two individuals approached the teen and demanded his property before one of them displayed a firearm. After taking the cash, the pair ran north on Esplanade, leaving the area on foot. The intersection sits within the 49th Precinct, headquartered at 2121 Eastchester Road and responsible for policing the East Bronx neighborhoods of Allerton, Pelham Parkway, Morris Park, Van Nest, Eastchester Gardens, and Pelham Gardens, per the NYPD.
🚨WANTED FOR A ROBBERY: On Thursday, August 20, 2026, at approximately 2:40 P.M., a 16-year-old male was in the vicinity of Esplanade and Waring Avenue, in the confines of the 49 Precinct in the Bronx, when two unidentified individuals approached and demanded his property. One of… pic.twitter.com/94HrZjkNgA
— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) August 21, 2026
The stretch of Esplanade near Waring Avenue runs directly above the subway tunnel for the IRT Dyre Avenue Line, the 5 train, and is lined mostly with multi-family homes and small commercial storefronts, according to background compiled on Wikipedia. It functions as a key north-south residential corridor linking Pelham Parkway to Allerton Avenue, making it a heavily trafficked route for pedestrians at all hours.
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Because one of the suspects displayed what appeared to be a firearm during the theft, the incident is being treated as Robbery in the First Degree under New York Penal Law Section 160.15(4) — a Class B violent felony that carries a mandatory state prison sentence of 5 to 25 years upon conviction, regardless of the small amount taken. That legal exposure applies to the suspects if and when they are caught, the statute shows…