Police are searching for a teen who escaped their custody during an arrest for a domestic incident Wednesday afternoon.

Franklin Kinglindsay, 18, was handcuffed with hands behind his back but was able to free himself when leaving the 71st precinct with cops at Empire Boulevard and New York Avenue in Crown Heights, police say.

He was last seen entering the Sterling Street 2/5 subway station.

Kinglindsay is said to be 5-foot 9-inches and was last seen wearing grey sweatpants and a tank to.

Police say the teen was arrested after his girlfriend called 911 to report she had been assaulted.

UPDATE: Kinglindsay was caught Wednesday evening at an area laundromat, arrested and charged with assault, criminal mischief and escape in the third degree.