Joseph Cornetta, 31, of 95 School St., Elmont, was discovered inside the six-foot long homemade wooden box with peepholes about 2 p.m. yesterday, Third Squad Det. Sgt. Daniel Sheehan said.
Sheehan said Cornetta placed the box in front of the sink area. "He then laid down inside the box and observed women as they stood on top of the box to use the sinks and mirrors . . . It had holes in it to look up their dresses."
The box - 3 feet wide, 18 inches high and covered with brown wrapping paper - had an 18-inch hole in the top.
A woman told security she had seen a suspicious man go into the ladies room. "A female security officer stepped on the box and it gave way," Sheehan said. She picked up the box, which had no bottom, and found Cornetta on the floor. Cornetta, a plumber, was charged with third-degree burglary.