A 19-year-old woman was sexually assaulted just steps from Gracie Mansion, leaving her bloodied and screaming for help, police said.
The disturbing attack occurred around 1:20 a.m. Saturday in the vicinity of East 90th Street and East End Avenue, about a block from the mayor’s official residence.
An alert doorman rushed to the woman’s aide after hearing her cries for help, and is credited with spooking the predator — who had lurked up behind her and shoved her to the ground before assaulting her, police said.
An alert doorman who rushed to the woman’s aide after hearing her blood-curdling screams is credited with spooking the predator and preventing further harm. G.N.Miller/NYPost
The disturbing attack occurred around 1:20 a.m. Saturday in the vicinity of East 90th Street and East End Avenue, a block from Gracie Mansion, authorities said. G.N.Miller/NYPost“This young lady was on the floor frantically crying, blood on her shirt and nose,” the doorman, Hector Mateo, recalled.
The thug took off westbound on East 90th Street. The victim went to New York Presbyterian Cornell Medical Center in stable condition, police said. There have been no arrests.
The hero doorman told The Post he “heard someone screaming,” grabbed his flashlight and went down the block to investigate.
He then spotted the suspect running towards York Avenue.
‘’Hey, what are you doing?” Mateo shouted.
Police said the suspect is about 6-feet-tall and was wearing a gray sweatshirt with white stripes and dark colored jeans. G.N.Miller/NYPost
The good Samaritan doorman who helped the victim early Saturday. G.N.Miller/NYPostThe pervert kept on running. The good Samaritan then turned his attention to the assault victim.
Mateo — who stayed with the victim until police arrived — said he has a 20-year-old daughter and his “instincts as a father kicked in. I just wanted to help.”
Mateo, who doesn’t usually work nights, said his wife told him, “That was really God putting me on the right spot to help somebody else.”
Officers responding to 911 calls for help encountered the shaken victim who told them an unknown male approached her from behind, the NYPD said. G.N.Miller/NYPostHours after the attack other neighborhood doormen said they were warning residents “to be careful,” especially at night.
“This area is very desolate when it gets late,” said one, adding, “I hope she [the victim] is going to be okay.”
Police said the suspect is about 6-feet-tall and was wearing a gray sweatshirt with white stripes and dark colored jeans. The NYPD would not say whether the victim was a passerby or neighborhood resident.
The crime scene is just one block away from Gracie Mansion G.N.Miller/NYPostCity Hall did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
On July 26, Kathleen Leigh, 65 — a terminally ill, retired probation cop from Chicago – fatally shot Marissa Galloway, 45, twice before turning the gun on herself on East 88th Street around 9 a.m.
Anyone with information on the Upper East Side assault 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 https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.
