A man riding a blue bicycle approached a 28-year-old woman at 2732 Broadway around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28, smacked her buttocks without permission, and pedaled off. The NYPD is now offering up to $3,500 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case.
According to NYPD Crime Stoppers
, the unidentified rider approached the victim at 2732 Broadway and fled the scene on his bicycle immediately after the assault. The location sits within the boundaries of the NYPD's 24th Precinct, according to
Wikipedia
The address itself is
2732 Broadway
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Investigators have not released a detailed description of the suspect beyond the color of his bicycle, and his identity remains unknown. The incident falls under New York Penal Law § 130.52, which classifies forcible touching as a Class A misdemeanor when someone intentionally and without legitimate purpose forcibly touches another person's sexual or intimate parts to degrade them or satisfy sexual desire, as laid out by The New York State Senate.
What a Conviction Could Mean, and Why the Clock Is Ticking
If the rider is caught and convicted, he could face up to one year in jail or three years of probation, along with fines of up to $1,000, according to Lebedin Kofman LLP. But prosecutors are working against a legal deadline: misdemeanor forcible touching charges in New York carry a two-year statute of limitations from the date of the incident under Section 30.10 of the state's Criminal Procedure Law, according to RAINN.
The case adds to a troubling local trend. Official NYPD CompStat figures reported in mid-2025 showed that “other sex crimes” in the 24th Precinct rose 81.2% compared to the same period in 2024, per the I Love the Upper West Side outlet's analysis of the data.
Part of a Wider Pattern of Bike-Borne Gropings
This is not an isolated tactic. News 12 Bronx reported in July 2026 that NYPD officers searched for a bicyclist who groped a 34-year-old woman near East 176th Street before fleeing on his bike, a case that unfolded in a different borough but followed a similar script. Just weeks before that, the article referenced a purported Hoodline report involving a bicycle-riding suspect in North Corona, Queens. An earlier sentence in the article likewise referenced a purported April Hoodline report involving a bike-riding groper in Queens.
The reward being offered in the Broadway case comes not from police department funds but through the New York City Police Foundation, which administers the Crime Stoppers program using corporate and individual donations. Since the program's founding in 1983, it has helped solve more than 5,300 violent crimes citywide and approved over $2 million in cash rewards, according to the foundation.
How to Submit a Tip
Anyone with information is asked to contact NYPD Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-577-TIPS, with Spanish-language tips accepted at 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or via direct message to @NYPDTips on X.
