đŸšȘ😹 “SHE HEARD BANGING AT THE DOOR
 THEN HER OWN NEIGHBOR CAME CRASHING THROUGH.” The hallway had reportedly gone quiet only moments earlier. Then came the pounding. Loud enough to make nearby residents stop what they were doing and listen. Before anyone fully understood what was happening, police say the man forced his way inside the woman’s apartment and the situation spiralled into violence. People living in the building later described a scene filled with panic, confusion, and terrified screams coming from behind the door. Some neighbors allegedly stayed frozen inside their own apartments, too afraid to step outside while everything unfolded just feet away from them. For many following the case, the detail that keeps haunting them most is painfully simple: the woman wasn’t attacked by a stranger lurking outside the building — the alleged danger had been living beside her the entire time.

A 59-year-old Brooklyn woman was allegedly raped by a neighbor who smashed down her apartment door and viciously pummeled and choked her in a violent attack Friday night, police and sources said.

The brute busted into the Bensonhurst home on 15th Avenue and 71st Street around 8:30 p.m., entered the woman’s bedroom and demanded sex before unleashing multiple blows and throttling her as he carried out the ruthless sexual assault, law enforcement sources said.

The horrified victim reported the terror at 11:15 p.m., telling responding officers she had been sexually assaulted by someone she knew, cops said.

NYPD Crime Scene Unit officers enter a building on 15th Avenue and 71st Street in Brooklyn, New York, to investigate a rape.
A 59-year-old Brooklyn woman was allegedly raped by a neighbor who smashed down her apartment door Friday night.Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock
Two NYPD officers, one male and one female, carry large brown evidence bags on a sidewalk.
The brute busted into the Bensonhurst home on 15th Avenue and 71st Street around 8:30 p.m., entered the woman’s bedroom and demanded sex.Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock
An NYPD officer investigates a crime scene outside a brick building in Brooklyn, New York.
Her attacker then unleashed multiple blows and throttling her as he carried out the ruthless sexual assault.Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock

She was rushed to Lutheran Hospital in stable condition, police and sources said.

Police said a person of interest has been taken into custody — but no arrests have been made.

Sources said a 38-year-old neighbor who lives in the building is being questioned by police.

NYPD officers work a crime scene in Brooklyn, New York.
She was rushed to Lutheran Hospital in stable condition, police and sources said.Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock
Street signs for 15th Avenue and 71st Street, with a One Way sign below, in Brooklyn, New York.
Police said a person of interest has been taken into custody — but no arrests have been made.Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock

Police swarmed the scene on Saturday, with photos showing NYPD crime scene investigators, detectives, and the Special Victims Squad leaving the home carrying multiple evidence bags.

The investigation is ongoing

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