A New York renter says her building’s staff handed a spare key to her apartment to a stranger while she was out of town. Security footage showed the woman walking around the apartment and making herself comfortable on the couch. The renter shared the incident in a TikTok video that has been viewed over 510,000 times. The TikTok video was posted by a user named yeti (@yamkimmm). In the caption, she wrote, “bro and the worst part is our doorman handed her the spare keys.” The video was tagged with the location, The Halo Long Island City. The video shows Ring camera footage from the apartment’s living room, timestamped 23:12:24. A woman in a dark dress, referred to as “the stranger,” is seen walking through the space, which includes a kitchen with hanging pots, a dining table, and a living room with a grey couch. The stranger lays down on the couch and then lies back. The stranger turned off the camera after noticing it The video includes a text conversation titled “Pet finders” between the creator and a person saved as “comrade holly.” In the messages, the creator, who is addressed as “Bill,” writes “tyty.” Comrade Holly asks, “Are the cops on their way bill,” and the creator replies, “Yes.” Then says, “shes there rn.” @yamkimmm bro and the worst part is our doorman handed her the spare keys . . #licqueens #nycapartment #breakin #strangerinmyhouse #911call @Ring ♬ original sound – Shan Da baddest The Ring app is then shown displaying “Live View Ended” with a “RECONNECT” button, followed by a loading screen. When the live view reconnects, the stranger is seen walking toward the camera before picking it up. The screen becomes distorted and then goes black, with a message reading, “Lost connection to living room.” In a follow-up TikTok video, the creator shared an update in the caption, replying to a comment. She wrote that they called the police at the 108th precinct in Queens. According to her, police told them they could not arrest the woman because she was “mentally unstable” and instead took her to a hospital. The caption also states that the residents’ requests to press charges and file a police report were denied. NYPD’s 108th Precinct has not publicly confirmed this account. The follow-up video includes a clip described as being filmed by a friend of the creator, who went to the apartment after the camera was removed. In the clip, the friend is heard banging on the door and shouting, “Hey, who the f–k are you?” He continues, “Hey, get out of there!” and “I know you don’t live there,” followed by, “Get out of my friend’s apartment.” @yamkimmm Replying to @Lulu ____• we called the police (108 precinct in queens) and they told us they can’t arrest her bc she’s mentally unstable. they dropped her off at a hospital instead. we asked to press charges and to file a police report and they denied us. . . #nyc #queens #lic #breakin #propertymanagement ♬ original sound – J The door then opens partway, showing the woman from the security footage. She is wearing a dark green or grey one-shoulder dress and heels, and is holding a phone and a set of keys. She says, “Sorry.” The friend responds, “Hey, I know you don’t live there. You gotta go.” This incident highlights the serious risks of unauthorized access to rental properties, such as when a Washington woman signed a lease only to have her landlord show up with a stranger ready to move in. The woman then asks, “But I have a question. I’m a patient.” The friend replies, “No, you’re not. You’re not. You gotta get out of there.” She asks, “So, do they have my name and number?” The friend says, “I don’t know. You gotta get out of here.” She responds, “No, they didn’t. They didn’t,” and the friend repeats, “You gotta get out.” The woman quietly says, “Okay” and turns to walk further into the apartment before the friend closes the door. Commenters on the video raised questions about how the incident happened and what steps were taken. One person wrote, “Her immediately finding & removing the camera is scary.” Another asked, “Please tell me the doorman was fired because he gave this unknown woman keys to your apartment!” Some commenters questioned why the creator posted about the woman at all, with one writing, “She seems harmless, why are you posting her.” Others asked about legal consequences, with one commenting, “Please tell me the cops caught her inside your apartment!!!! And that you are gonna sue!!!” Another commenter raised questions about how the woman knew which apartment to enter, writing, “I’m so curious how she knew to go to your exact apartment, and knew it’s empty!!! Could be someone in management who was in on it too.” Concerns about unauthorized access to a home are not isolated, as a Washington woman confronted her landlord for moving a stranger into her son’s bedroom while she was still on the lease.