Rihanna parades her sexy six-pack in short top and skintight trousers as she hails a taxi in New York

It is no easy feet to stop traffic in New York.
But Rihanna must have caused tires to screech to a halt after donning flashing her abs as she headed for a meal in the Big Apple on Tuesday. .
The sultry singer gave onlookers a show of skin as she left a popular restaurant in the West Village neighbourhood.

Cab for cutie: Rihanna flashed her six-pack at commuters as she hailed a taxi in New York on Tuesday

Her spicy fashion featured a black short-cropped hoodie that displayed her taut, flatiron stomach as well as clingy black jeans and black trainers.
The 25-year-old Barbadian beauty wore a black baseball cap in reverse while curling strands of her dark hair were allowed to brush her forehead and temples.
Huge hoops hung from her ears and tinted black shades covered her eyes as she raised her arm to attract a taxi driver.
That classic posture which is commonplace in all parts of the city probably wasn't necessary with that strong six-pack abdomen showing.

She's a dish: The singer's washboard stomach would have come in handy if she had forgotten her wallet and had to do the washing up after lunch at swanky Da Silvano

Lady luck: The Barbadian beauty must have caused quite a traffic jam as she stepped into the street

Put your hand up if you are sexy: Rihanna seemed to like the reaction she was getting from passersby

Weapons of choice: Rihanna was armed with her iPhone, saucy baseball cap and tinted shades

Like Claudette Colbert did in It Happened One Night, when she lifted up her skirt to entire a driver into giving her and Clark Gable a ride, Rihanna's toned physique was enough to give commuters a whiplash.

Rihanna was obviously in a better mood after indulging her appetite in Tuscan Italian cuisine.

Earlier in the day she had tweeted a picture of herself with two gal pals, writing: 'Delirious we need food #nyc.'

Free and unfettered: Rihanna broke up - again - with rapper Chris Brown in May and has been enjoying the single life with her partying pals

Green fire: The 25-year-old flashed those cool green eyes at one point as she rummaged through her purse inside the restaurant

Hungry: Rihanna had tweeted earlier on Tuesday how famished she and and her two friends were, writing: 'Delirious we need food'

On Monday night, the self-described queen of the selfie raised temperatures and a few eyebrows by tweeting a series of provocative poses alongside international 'It Girl' Debby Coda in Miami, Florida.

The Diamonds singer was thorough enjoying herself as she partied the night away with her pals, and shared a picture of her giving Debby a kiss on the cheek.

British-born Debby, who is the Ciroc Brand Ambassador, in turn tweeted: 'I love this woman so much.'

Flirty: Rihanna gave her pal Debby Coda a smooch while partying in Miami on Monday and shared the snapshot on her Twitter

Debby added: 'We literally met when we started our careers and I'm honored to have witnessed and experienced some her amazing journey and so proud of the young girl,' she wrote.

Rihanna's flirty shenanigans didn't end there as she also pictured at the party sitting on Katy Perry's lap.

Having recently wrapped her Diamonds tour, Rihanna is making the most of her down time with her famous female friends following her May break-up with bad boy rapper Chris Brown.