Hooded Thief Robs Jackson Heights HSBC Bank, Police Say

JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS -- Police are searching for the thief who held up a Jackson Heights bank and fled with an unknown amount of cash.

The man walked into an HSBC Bank at the corner of 37th Avenue and 77th Street at around 1:15 p.m. last Friday and passed a teller a note demanding money, cops said.

The teller obeyed, handing over the undetermined amount of cash before the robber fled the bank, heading west on 37th Avenue, authorities said.

The NYPD on Monday released surveillance photos of the perp, who police described as a man around 45 - 50 years old, standing about 5 feet tall and weighing roughly 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a blue hoodie, blue jeans, light colored shoes and a beige baseball cap.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Lead photos via Google Maps and NYPD.