It happened just after 8 a.m. on Williamsbridge Road in the Allerton section, outside the Pelham Parkway Houses.
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Authorities say the 39-year-old woman was walking to work when she observed two males shooting at each other before she was struck in the left forearm.
"Once I hear the lady screaming, 'I got shot, I got shot, I got shot,' that's when I knew something was completely wrong," one witness said.
Good Samaritans brought a chair for her to sit on and used a belt as a tourniquet.
Another bullet went through the windshield of a car parking on the street. Shell casings littered the sidewalk.
The victim was taken to Jacobi Hospital in stable condition.
The shooting happened across the street from a popular playground, but no children were hurt.
"There was a man running, and I heard 'pop, pop,'" another witness said. "Then more people started screaming."
Witnesses say as many as a half dozen shots were fired by the suspect, who was wearing a ski mask and a hoodie.
Police are reviewing surveillance video from the NYCHA complex as they continue to search for the gunman.
No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.
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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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