A young boy was almost abducted while walking with his mother in Sunset Park on Thursday – and the incident was caught on camera.

Surveillance footage obtained by News 12 shows what appears to be an emotionally disturbed half-naked man approach the little boy and try to snatch him.

Two men in the neighborhood started to fight that man off while another called the NYPD.

Police officers arrested the man and took him to Lutheran Medical Center.

The mother of the young boy declined to appear on camera after the incident.

"If I was a resident I'd be concerned absolutely with having people like that around,” said a local business owner. “It's scary that he tried to go after the baby.”

The NYPD says the man is in custody and charges are pending at this time.