Police responded to Castor Avenue and Lansing Street just before 12:30 a.m. Monday.
The man suffered the gunshot wound near the Ali Baba hookah lounge.
He was reported to be in stable condition.
The gunfire also left a retail store nearby with its windows shot out.
Witnesses reported seeing a black vehicle fleeing the scene.
(Update: An early report by authorities stated that two men were shot).