In the blink of an eye, a carjacker jumped inside and took off with the car, apparently unaware of the child in side.
It happened near the intersection of the /*Van Wyck Expressway*/ service road and 109th Avenue in /*Queens*/ just before 8:00 Friday.
It wasn't until miles down the road that the carjacker decided to ditch the stolen car and his surprise passenger, the nine year old boy, on 231st Street near Sunrise Highway in /*Brookville*/.
Dozens of heavily armed police officers converged on the normally quiet neighborhood, searching through back yards for the carjacker.
They surrounded a vacant house thinking the suspect was inside. They sent in a canine unit, but came up empty handed.
The child was not injured, authorities said.