Woman Collecting Bottles Raped at Knifepoint in Queens: NYPD

Police say that a woman sifting through recycling bins for cans and bottles in Queens was raped at knifepoint by a man early Friday.

The woman was looking for recyclables outside a building on 83rd Street in Jackson Heights at about 1 a.m. when a man approached and told her he had more bottles behind the building, police say. 

She followed him around back, and that's when police say he pulled out a knife and raped her.

After the attack, police say that the man rode off on a bicycle.

The woman was taken to Elmhurst Hospital.

Anyone with information on the attack is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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