The NYPD on Sunday released photos of four cowardly thugs wanted in the Friday hate-crime beating in Chelsea that left a 72-year-old man with a broken jaw.

The attack occurred around 10:15 p.m. at West 17th Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan when the suspects converged on the victim shouting anti-LGBTQ slurs, according to police.

The four then started to punch and kick the elderly man in the head before running off — leaving him with a broken jaw and cuts to his face and hands.

The victim went to a local hospital on his own after the attack.

All four suspects ran into a building at 420 West 19th Street after leaving the battered victim on the ground and are still on the loose, according to police.

The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating.

Anyone with information about the assailants is asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS or at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org.