Update: Bushwick Man Charged In Attempted Bed-Stuy Rape: NYPD

Update: A Bushwick man was arrested and charged on Sept. 9, in connection with an attempted Bed-Stuy rape.

Rayshawn Long, 32, of 164 Ten Eyck Walk has been charged with rape, robbery, criminal sex act, sex abuse and criminal possession of a weapon.

Update: Police on Friday released a new video of the suspect wanted in connection with the below attempted rape and sexual assault that occurred on Sun. Aug. 21, in Bed-Stuy.

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — A 24-year-old woman was sexually assaulted at knifepoint by a man who tried to rape her in an alleyway off Atlantic Avenue between 19 Louis Place and 19A Louis Place at 6 a.m. Sunday, according to the NYPD.

Police are seeking your help to locate the attacker. He was still at large Friday afternoon.

"The suspect ran past the 24-year-old female victim then turned toward her with a knife and told her to follow him. The suspect took the victim to an alley way in between 19 Louis Place and 19A Louis Place where he pulled down her pants and licked her. Afterward he turned her around and fondled her breasts and buttocks. The suspect then took her cell phone and fled in an unknown direction," police said.

The NYPD is seeking the suspect pictured above, who is believed to be a black man between 30 and 40 years old, between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-7 and about 190 pounds.

The 81st precinct, which patrols Bed-Stuy, hasn't seen a significant year-to-date increase in reported rape, according to NYPD crime statistics. The same can't be said for Bushwick which has seen a 30 percent increase in reported rape compared to the same time period last year.

Anyone with information in regards 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 Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

All calls are strictly confidential.

Lead image and suspect video courtesy of the NYPD