Two sisters visiting the city from California were held up at gunpoint in Central Park, police said Monday.
The victims, who are 23 and 16, were not injured.
Police are searching for their attackers, believed to be 17 or 18 years old and wearing ski masks.
The incident happened about 9:45 p.m. Sunday at W. 106th St. and West Drive, near Great Hill, a hilltop meadow.
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Police said the suspects walked up to the sisters, who were sitting on a bench and smoking cigarettes.
They asked for the time, but the sisters felt uneasy so they got up and left, walking down a nearby path.
A few minutes later the suspects, now wearing ski masks, confronted them, police said.
One had a black handgun.
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The suspects demanded their property, then fled with two cellphones, a debit card, a credit card and a wallet.
Crime in Central Park is up 5% this year, with 101 serious felonies, compared to 96 last year.
Seventy-one of the crimes are grand larcenies.
Through Dec. 8, there were 13 robberies, equal to the number for the same time frame last year.
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