{"id":319138,"date":"2026-08-12T01:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T01:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319138\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T01:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T01:14:11","slug":"nyc-couple-finds-stranger-lounging-in-apartment-claims-doorman-gave-intruder-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319138\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC couple finds stranger lounging in apartment, claims doorman gave intruder keys"},"content":{"rendered":"

A \u201ctraumatized\u201d Queens couple discovered that a stranger was lounging in their apartment while they were on vacation \u2014 thanks, they claim, to the luxury building\u2019s doorman<\/a> who handed the intruder the keys.<\/p>\n

Bill and Yelim Kim were away from their posh Purves Street Long Island City apartment on July 24 when they got a ping from their home-security system informing them that there was somebody in their home.<\/p>\n

When they looked at the camera\u2019s live feed what they saw was horrifying \u2014 a woman trapsing about their apartment, helping herself to a drink and chilling out on their couch.<\/p>\n

\"AThe intruder was caught on camera walking about the Kims\u2019 apartment in July while they were away on vacation. FOX5ny<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in disbelief. I just could not believe what I was seeing,\u201d Bill told FOX 5<\/a>. \u201cWe can\u2019t help or wonder, what would she have done if we didn\u2019t catch her on camera?\u201d<\/p>\n

But then their stomachs dropped even further \u2014 the woman found the camera watching her<\/a> and ripped it off the bookshelf where it stood, terrifying footage obtained by FOX showed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we didn\u2019t have a security camera set up, would she have just stayed?\u201d an incredulous Bill said. \u201cThis was almost 11 p.m. at night. Would she have slept in our bed?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Kims quickly notified a neighbor who ran over to their apartment and pounded on the door until the woman came out. <\/p>\n

When the intruder finally opened the door, she answered with a simple \u201cSorry\u201d and fled. <\/p>\n

She was in the wind by the time police arrived.<\/p>\n

Building management later supposedly said in an email to tenants that the woman posed as a dogwalker for the Kims and was let up to the apartment<\/a> by a doorman, according to FOX, <\/p>\n

That doorman was removed from the property and security measures are being enhanced, the report said. <\/p>\n

\"AThe Kims claimed a doorman at their building handed over their apartment keys to the stranger while they were away. Google Maps<\/p>\n

Those measures apparently worked, as the woman even reappeared two days after the initial incident and tried to get in \u2014 but was turned away.<\/p>\n

She has not been identified or charged with anything, but the NYPD is investigating the case as a burglary. <\/p>\n

Despite the response, the Kims are not feeling much reassurance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m freaking traumatized. I don\u2019t know how else to, you know, describe it,\u201d said Yelim. \u201cWe were like, panicked.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A \u201ctraumatized\u201d Queens couple discovered that a stranger was lounging in their apartment while they were on vacation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6722,68859,27672,9090,57,9,56,63,65,64,58],"class_list":["post-319138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-apartments","tag-doormen","tag-intruders","tag-long-island-city","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}