An unidentified individual grabbed a 21-year-old woman's buttocks near Dean Street and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn before running off eastbound on Dean Street, and more than a month later, police still haven't tracked the person down. The attack happened at about 6:38 p.m. on Tuesday, September 1, within the confines of the 77th Precinct.
Details Of The September Attack
According to a wanted notice from NYPD Crime Stoppers
, the unidentified individual approached the victim in the vicinity of Dean Street and Bedford Avenue and grabbed her buttocks before fleeing the scene. The post, published more than six weeks after the incident, offers no description of the suspect beyond the circumstances of the attack itself. Investigators are asking anyone with information to send a direct message to @NYPDTips or call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
Per NYPD policy, tipsters can submit information anonymously, according to the department's own frequently asked questions page.
Part Of A Troubling Pattern In Brooklyn
The Dean Street case lands within the 77th Precinct, which the NYPD says serves the northern portion of Crown Heights and part of Prospect Heights. It is not the precinct's first brush with this kind of complaint — in April 2025, the Brooklyn Eagle reported that officers from the 77th Precinct arrested a suspect on five counts of forcible touching following a monthlong string of alleged groping attacks in nearby Brooklyn neighborhoods, as Hoodline noted in its piece on the Crown Heights groping suspect sought months after a Nostrand Avenue attack.
Comparable alerts have surfaced elsewhere in the city this year. A separate incident involved a 22-year-old at Main Street.
How To Submit A Tip
Anyone with information about the Dean Street incident is urged to contact NYPD Crime Stoppers by sending a direct message to @NYPDTips or by calling the tip line. All information can be submitted anonymously.
