Verified incident record · 2026-01-05

75-year-old woman hospitalized after two-dog attack in Valley Stream

Police said the woman suffered multiple lacerations and was hospitalized in stable condition after two dogs attacked her at an East Avenue home.

Moderate / hospitalized in stable condition with multiple lacerationsPit bull mixes (neighbor-reported)Valley Stream, NY

Date2026-08-05 · About 4:45 p.m. EDT

LocationEast Avenue residence; exact home not pinned

Victim(s)75-year-old woman

Dogs involved2 dogs

Injury severityModerate / hospitalized in stable condition with multiple lacerations

Breed attributionPit bull mixes (neighbor-reported)ABC7 reported neighbors described the two dogs as pit bull mixes. Nassau County police attribution in the sources reviewed did not independently identify breed, so BiteDB records this as neighbor-reported rather than official.

What the record currently shows

Incident summary

Nassau County police responded to an East Avenue home after a reported dog bite and found a 75-year-old woman with multiple lacerations after an attack by two dogs. She was hospitalized in stable condition. Nassau County Emergency Service Unit secured the animals and Town of Hempstead Animal Control removed them.

Legal-status note

Nassau County Emergency Service Unit secured the dogs and Town of Hempstead Animal Control removed them. No charge was established in the sources reviewed.

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Source provenance

Primary record used by BiteDB

75-year-old woman attacked by her own 2 pit bulls outside Valley Stream homeLocal television reporting citing Nassau County Police and witnesses · Published 2026-08-06 · Accessed 2026-08-27

ABC7 New York reported, citing Nassau police and neighbors, that a 75-year-old woman was hospitalized after being attacked by two dogs at her Valley Stream home.

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Additional sources

Woman, 75, attacked by her own dogs at Long Island home1010 WINS reporting citing Nassau County police · 2026-08-06
Woman attacked by 2 dogs at Valley Stream homeNews 12 reporting citing police · 2026-08-06

Data-quality notes

What BiteDB does not infer

Breed is recorded only at the provenance level shown above. Missing injury details, dog history, ownership facts or circumstances remain unknown unless a reliable source establishes them. This record may be updated as police, animal-control, medical, court or follow-up reporting becomes available.