Park Slope Attacker Went After Two Women Within Minutes, Cops Say

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a man who tried to sexually assault two women in the same night just a block away from one another.

The man first came up to a 53-year-old woman in front of an apartment building near 12th Street and Eighth Avenues around 11:50 p.m. on Monday. He came up behind her and partially pulled down her pants, police said, but when the woman turned around and yelled, he ran away toward Prospect Park West.

Only ten minutes later, at midnight, the same man went up to a 40-year-old woman in front of 330 13th St. and pushed her against a car. The man again tried to sexually assault the woman, but she resisted and he ran away, police said.

The women were not injured in either incident.

Police describe the man as weighing approximately 160 lbs., standing about 5'8" and with a slim build and dread locks. He last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with green lettering on the front, grey sweatpants, a backpack, white sneakers with black laces and a red, white and blue bandana.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.