Video Of Man Connected To Attempted Bed-Stuy Rape Released: Police

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Police released surveillance footage of a man they say is connected to an attempted rape late last month.

The footage shows a man with black hair and glasses wearing a maroon sweater and blue jeans walking down a platform of a Classon Avenue subway station, seemingly smoking a cigarette.

While police could not specify which Classon Avenue station the footage was from, it appears to be the G train station, just blocks from where the attempted rape occurred last month on Lafayette Avenue.

On Nov. 28, a 19-year-old woman was attacked on Lafayette Avenue between Grand Avenue and St. James Place at around 2 a.m., police said.

The attacker forced the victim to the ground and attempted to rape her, but soon fled on foot, officials said.

Anyone with information in regard 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).