Sicko Gropes Teen on Bus on Way to School
By Dan Gesslein
Queens Voice
November 12, 2026
QUEENS, NY – The NYPD is searching for a man accused of groping a 16-year-old girl on a Queens MTA bus while she was riding to school. Police say the suspect also allegedly committed a lewd act aboard the crowded bus.
At approximately 8:30 a.m. on October 22, the teenage girl was riding the Q53 bus near Woodhaven Boulevard and Metropolitan Avenue in Queens on her way to school.
According to police, the suspect groped the teenage girl on the crowded Q53 bus, grabbing her buttocks. When the startled teen jumped back, she saw the man committing a lewd act.
The suspect exited the bus at the next stop.
The NYPD has released surveillance video of the man wanted in connection with the Queens bus sexual abuse incident and is asking the public for help identifying him.
Police describe the suspect as a middle-aged man with a dark complexion and a goatee. He was last seen wearing a gray knit cap and a gray winter coat.
Anyone with information about the NYPD investigation into the Q53 bus incident is asked to contact the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Spanish-speaking callers can call 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
Tips can also be submitted online through the NYPD Crime Stoppers website or on X at @NYPDTips.
All calls are confidential.
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