Buscemi struck on stroll

B’klyn actor assailed

It seems no one is safe on the streets of the Big Apple these days — not even beloved actor and Brooklyn native Steve Buscemi.

Buscemi (inset top), 66, was strolling through Kips Bay last week when a brute walked up and struck the “Boardwalk Empire” star in a broad-daylight attack — one of the latest unprovoked assaults in the five boroughs, lawenforcement sources told The Post.

The actor suffered swelling to his face and left eye and was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, his deranged assailant took off and is still on the lam, police sources said.

“Steve Buscemi was assaulted in Mid-Town Manhattan, another victim of a random act of violence in the city,” Buscemi’s publicist said in a statement to The Post.

“He is ok and appreciates everyone’s well wishes, though incredibly sad for everyone that this has happened to while also walking the streets of New York.”

Cops said the random attack happened around 11:48 a.m. on Wednesday in front of 369 Third Ave.

“I saw he was with a woman, and then through the corner of the window I saw him trip and fall backward,” said Nat, who works in the area and witnessed part of the assault. “He right away got up and ran in the opposite direction. I didn’t see who hit him.

“It worries me for when we close because we close at 11 and it can get scary around that time,” she told The Post.

The NYPD released surveillance photos of the alleged attacker (inset bottom). An NYPD spokesperson said Sunday that the suspect remains at large.

Buscemi earned wide acclaim for his portrayal of corrupt Atlantic City pol Enoch “Nucky” Thompson in the hit HBO series “Boardwalk Empire.”

Last week’s unprovoked attack makes him the second actor from the popular series to fall victim to random New York City street violence this year.

On March 31, actor Michael Stuhbarg, who played gangster Arnold Rothstein on the show, was out on a run on the Upper East Side when he was struck in the back of the neck with a rock.

Cops arrested Xavier Israel, 27, in the assault, which took place around 7:45 p.m. near East 90th Street and East Drive. Israel had previously been arrested for assault and robbery in 2022.

Stuhlbarg chased after the thug and into the hands of police stationed outside the Russian Consulate.

Buscemi has been a beloved figure in the city and famously rushed to the World Trade Center after 9/11 to join Engine 55, the fire company where he’d worked in the 1980s.