The incident was reported inside an apartment near 52nd Street and 7th Avenue in Sunset Park around 1 a.m.
Police said the man knocked on the victim's apartment door and forced his way inside when she opened it. He then forced her into her bedroom, showed a gun and raped her, police said Saturday.
When the man demanded cash, the victim complied and gave him $500 before he tied her arms with a sweater and ran away.
The victim freed herself and called police.
The man is described as an Asian man in his 30s and 5 feet 8 inches tall with a medium build. He has tattoos on his left arm and was carrying a messenger bag at the time of the incident.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident 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 WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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