Police said they're looking for a man who raped and robbed a woman in the Bronx on Friday night.

Cops said that the suspect followed the victim into the elevator of a building on East 183rd Street in University Heights just before 9:45 p.m. 

The suspect allegedly assaulted the woman as the elevator doors opened. He stole cash and two cellphones from the victim before raping her in a stairwell, cops said.

The man, believed to be about 18 years old and 5-foot-8-inches, then fled the scene, authorities said.

The victim was taken to an area hospital, cops said.

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