Police are looking for a man who allegedly groped a woman on a Brooklyn Q train platform in broad daylight, and they are asking riders for help tracking him down.
The NYPD says a 41-year-old woman was grabbed on the northbound Q platform near Beverley Road and East 16th Street at about 11:30 a.m. on May 16, 2025. The suspect fled in an unknown direction, according to the department.
According to an NYPD Crime Stoppers wanted notice, still images released by detectives show an unidentified man who allegedly grabbed the victim’s buttocks and committed a lewd act before running off. The post asks anyone with information to DM @NYPDTips or call 1-800-577-TIPS. The department’s notice states the incident happened within the confines of the 70th Precinct/Transit District 32 on May 16, 2025, and that the wanted post itself was published on May 21, 2026.
Where it happened
The platform serves the Beverley Road / East 16 Street stop on the Q (Brighton) line in the Flatbush/Ditmas Park area, as noted by MetroLineMap. The NYPD’s Transit District 32, whose office is listed at 960 Carroll Street, is the command referenced in the wanted notice, according to the department’s NYPD transit district information.
What the law says
New York Penal Law §130.52 defines forcible touching as intentionally and non-consensually touching another person’s sexual or intimate parts, including “squeezing, grabbing or pinching,” and treats the offense as a class A misdemeanor, according to FindLaw. The statute also covers sexual contact on public transit when done to gratify the perpetrator or degrade the victim, and a conviction can carry up to a year behind bars along with other collateral consequences.
How to help
Police are asking anyone who may have been on the platform or who has cellphone video from that morning to preserve that material and contact investigators. Tips can be submitted anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS, using the department’s online tip form, or by messaging @NYPDTips, according to the NYPD Crime Stoppers program page. Some tips may be eligible for a reward.
Citywide context
The Crime Stoppers account has issued several similar wanted notices this spring for gropings and forcible-touching incidents across the city, a pattern local outlets have been tracking. Reporting on a Greenpoint groper on the loose shows the department frequently uses social posts to share still images and seek tips in comparable cases.
