a racoon in my path

i was coming home last night from MSG and as i was walking down Newkirk ave. which is like anyother city street, a racoon ran in my path and hid behind a tree. I yelled for it to leave and it ran under a tree. I was afraid of the racoon who was fat and probably looking for food in the trash. I see these racoons by the sides of the highways generally AFTER they have been hit by cars not running the streets between the houses and in the trash cans in MY OWN neighborhood..