
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police are searching for a man who beat a 62-year-old woman on an MTA bus in Brooklyn last week.
The man punched her multiple times in the face on a southbound MTA 44 bus on Nostrand Avenue near Sterling Street around 5:05 p.m. on Feb. 24, according to officials.
He got off the bus and fled on foot after the attack, authorities said. Police estimated he is between the ages of 18 and 23 years old.
EMS took the victim to Kings County Hospital Center in stable condition.
Police are asking anyone with information on the attack to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Anonymous tips can also be submitted on the Crime Stoppers website or on Twitter @NYPDTips.