Woman Found Fatally Stabbed Inside Flushing Massage Parlor, NYPD Says

Friday afternoon discovery on 164th Street

November 7, 2026 · 6:30 a.m. Eastern

New York City police detectives are searching for an unidentified man who fled carrying a garbage bag after an Asian woman was found naked and stabbed to death inside a Flushing, Queens commercial massage and skincare establishment on Friday afternoon.

Officers from the NYPD’s 109th Precinct responded to a 911 call reporting an unconscious person inside a commercial building on 164th Street near Crocheron Avenue around 4:30 p.m. Arriving officers discovered the victim unresponsive with catastrophic stab wounds across her neck, head, and upper torso. Emergency Medical Services pronounced her dead at the scene.

The victim’s identity was withheld pending official family notification and confirmation from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The establishment, situated within Flushing’s bustling Koreatown commercial district near the Long Island Rail Road’s Broadway station, remained sealed behind yellow police crime tape throughout the night.

NYPD manhunt for heavyset suspect

According to preliminary police briefings and law enforcement sources, surveillance camera footage from nearby storefronts captured a person of interest abruptly leaving the premises shortly before the 911 call was placed.

Detectives describe the suspect as a heavyset man, approximately 6 feet 2 inches tall. He was last seen carrying a large black plastic garbage bag while walking south along 164th Street. At the time of his departure, he was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and yellow work boots.

Investigators have not disclosed what was contained inside the plastic bag, nor have they recovered a murder weapon. Homicide detectives are actively canvassing residential and commercial security cameras along Northern Boulevard and Crocheron Avenue to trace his escape route and determine whether an accomplice or vehicle was waiting.

Commercial corridor shocked by violence

The violent attack sent shockwaves through the neighborhood, a dense residential and commercial stretch home to numerous Korean bakeries, medical practices, law offices, and neighborhood retail outlets.

Local business owners and residents reported seeing a massive emergency response arrive during the Friday evening commute, with dozen of police cruisers and emergency service units flooding the block.

“It is terrifying because this is a busy, family-friendly street where people are walking to the train station every evening,” said one local shopkeeper who asked not to be identified. “Seeing the crime scene vans and detectives going door-to-door makes everyone uneasy.”

Detectives pursue motive and records

The Queens North Homicide Squad and the 109th Precinct Detective Bureau are heading the ongoing investigation. Authorities are examining business licenses, employee logs, and telephone records associated with the massage parlor to reconstruct the victim’s final hours and establish whether the assailant was a client, an acquaintance, or an intruder.

No arrests had been announced as of Saturday morning. The NYPD’s Crime Stoppers unit has urged anyone with information, mobile phone recordings, or dashcam footage from the 164th Street and Crocheron Avenue area between 3:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Friday to contact authorities confidentially.

Timeline of the Queens investigation

All times are local Eastern Time on Friday, November 6, 2026.

Approx. 4:15 p.m. Storefront security cameras capture a heavyset man carrying a black garbage bag leaving a commercial building on 164th Street.
4:30 p.m. NYPD receives a 911 call reporting an unresponsive woman inside the 164th Street massage and skincare establishment.
4:35 p.m. 109th Precinct officers and FDNY EMS units arrive; the victim is pronounced dead from multiple stab wounds.
6:00 p.m. Queens North Homicide detectives seal the block and initiate door-to-door canvassing for security video.
Late Friday night Police distribute a preliminary suspect description to area patrols and transit units.

Where the incident occurred

The star marks 164th Street near Crocheron Avenue in Flushing, Queens, New York, adjacent to the Broadway LIRR station corridor.

★ 164th Street near Crocheron Avenue, Flushing, Queens. Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Research and verification notes

In accordance with Newstro journalism standards, reporting on this developing homicide was corroborated across primary local reporting outlets, including the New York Daily News, New York Post, ABC7 New York, and Gothamist.

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