Subway Flasher Exposes Himself To Woman On 5 Train, Police Say

FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NY — Police are searching for a subway flasher who rubbed his exposed privates against a woman's buttocks on a 5 train Wednesday afternoon.

The man crept up behind a 33-year-old woman on a southbound 5 train in downtown Manhattan at about 4:45 p.m., police said.

The deviant exposed his genitals and rubbed them against the woman, then fled the train at Borough Hall station in Brooklyn Heights, police said.

Police released photos of the suspect — whom they describe as a 5-foot 8-inch tall man in his 30s with a full, dark beard, an New York Islanders baseball cap, a light blue shirt, gray sweatpants and brown sneakers — on Tuesday.

The flasher was also holding a brown jacket and a cell phone, said police.

Anyone with information about the incident can call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-8477 or 1-888-577-4782 to leave a tip in Spanish. New Yorkers can also text tips to 274637 or submit them online at nypdcrimestoppers.com.

Image credit: Courtesy of the NYPD