A 29-year-old woman woke up to a subway nightmare early Friday when, police say, a stranger kissed her without consent and swiped her Ray-Ban/Meta eyeglasses while she slept on the northbound A train platform at the Nostrand Avenue station in Bed-Stuy. The NYPD says the incident happened around 4:10 a.m., and that the unidentified person bolted onto the tracks after the theft. Detectives have put out a wanted notice seeking tips, and no arrests have been announced.
NYPD Issues Wanted Notice
According to a wanted post by NYPD Crime Stoppers on X, the suspect approached the sleeping rider on the northbound A platform at Nostrand Avenue, slipped off the woman’s Ray-Ban/Meta eyeglasses and kissed her without consent before fleeing onto the train tracks. The post says the assailant slapped the victim’s hand when she tried to get her glasses back, and that detectives are circulating photos in hopes someone will recognize the person.
How To Report Tips
Officials are asking anyone with information, photos or video to contact NYPD Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish speakers, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782), or to submit an anonymous tip online, per NYC.gov. The NYPD also notes that tips may be sent via direct message to @NYPDTips on social platforms.
Where It Happened
According to Wikipedia, the Nostrand Avenue station sits at Fulton Street and Nostrand Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant and serves the A and C lines. The platform falls within the jurisdiction of the NYPD’s 79th Precinct and Transit District 30, which police said in the wanted notice cover the neighborhood, according to NYC.gov.
Transit Context
The station has been the scene of other robberies and NYPD wanted notices in recent months, and transit detectives have repeatedly asked riders to share any useful footage. A separate northbound A train robbery at the same Nostrand Avenue stop in April targeted an 84-year-old rider, as previously reported in an attack on an 84-year-old rider.
Police Appeal And Rider Safety
Police say anyone who was on the northbound A platform at or around 4:10 a.m. should review their phone photos and videos and contact authorities if they captured anything that might help. If you are in immediate danger, call 911; otherwise, pass any potential evidence to detectives or Crime Stoppers instead of confronting possible suspects, per NYC.gov.
