Authorities say the 49-year-old victim was leaving the bodega on Clark Street in Brooklyn Heights around 6:30 a.m. when he was stabbed in the chest.
He was rushed to New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in stable condition.
A man in his 20s or 30s fled on foot.
Police recovered a folding knife at the scene.
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