Man Gropes Woman After Following Her To Greenpoint Subway Station

GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a man who followed a woman into the subway station and groped her last week.

Around 5:15 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11 the man followed a 28-year-old woman down the stairs of the Nassau Avenue G train subway station from the street. Once he was behind her in the station, police said, he reached around and "fondled her groin area."

The woman was able to fight the man off and shoved him against a wall. The man ran to the street and fled westbound on Nassau Avenue, police said.

He is described as a man about 25 years old, standing 5'3" and last seen wearing a dark colored knit cap, a gray or green jacket, light blue and black jeans, boots and he had on a black backpack.

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, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.