Brooklyn

New York City:

Teen arrested for threatening to murder Jewish children

18-year-old from Harlem arrested after threatening in a video to kill Jewish children in Brooklyn. NYPD files terrorism charges against him.

Kiddush Hashem

Hatzalah's life-saving effort in Borough Park goes viral

A video documenting haredi "Hatzalah" volunteers fighting for the life of a non-Jewish cyclist who was run over by a truck has sparked a wave of appreciation on social media.

New Jersey man charged over attack on Chabad world headquarters

New Jersey man charged with damaging religious property after ramming his car multiple times into the entrance of Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn.

Israel drone supplier booted from Brooklyn Navy Yard

After NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes office, NYC City Hall evicts Israel drone supplier from Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Brooklyn man arrested and released over antisemitic attack

23-year-old who was arrested after allegedly stabbing a man near the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in Brooklyn has been released and is set to return to court in April.

Man charged with hate crime in Chabad headquarters ramming

36-year-old charged with hate crimes after ramming his car five times into Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn.

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Suspect rams car into Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn

Suspect repeatedly drives a vehicle into Chabad headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. No injuries reported. Driver arrested.

Two teens arrested over swastikas in Brooklyn playground

Two 15‑year‑olds arrested after dozens of swastikas and antisemitic messages were spray‑painted in a Brooklyn playground.

Hate crimes probed

Dozens of swastikas found in Brooklyn playground

Dozens of swastikas found in a Brooklyn playground on two separate days, prompting a Hate Crime Task Force investigation and strong condemnation from Jewish organizations.

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Antisemite stalks Jewish family, assaults father

Woman shouts 'I'm going to kill all the Jews' while following a Jewish couple and their young children before sucker-punching the father.

Gov. Hochul says she helped block demolition of historic shul

Historic Kingsbrook Synagogue, originally slated for destruction in Brooklyn development plan, to remain standing.

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Antisemitic attack in Brooklyn: Jew stabbed in Crown Heights

A Jewish man was stabbed in an antisemitic attack in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, as assailant expressed support for another Holocaust.

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Zohran Mamdani dances at Satmar event

The Mayor-elect attended events hosted by both Satmar factions in honor of Chof Aleph Kislev. President Trump also commemorated the event in a letter.

Battle over Draft Law reaches Brooklyn

A group of extremist haredi protesters in Brooklyn demonstrated against Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, who is visiting the Borough Park neighborhood, due to his position on Israel’s Draft Law.

Jewish woman given plea deal for fatally ramming haredi family

Miriam Yarimi has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a March 2024 high-speed crash on Ocean Parkway that killed a mother and two of her children and severely injured a third child.

Brooklyn:

Court convicts man who planned to poison Hasidic children

A Brooklyn federal jury convicted Michael Chkikvishvili of leading a hate-driven plot to poison Hasidic children and promote mass attacks, with prosecutors warning his activities posed a grave threat to the community.

Antisemitic graffiti found in Brooklyn, local leaders condemn

Antisemitic graffiti saying “F**k Jews” found in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Mayor‑elect Mamdani, Gov. Hochul and Rep. Stefanik all condemn the act and urge prosecution.

Swastikas sprayed on Brooklyn yeshiva during NYC election night

Swastikas sprayed on a Brooklyn yeshiva during NYC’s mayoral election night. Hochul, Mamdani, and Adams condemn the antisemitic act.

Holocaust survivor beaten to death by 95-year-old

Nina Kravtsov, 89, killed by fellow Coney Island nursing home resident who suffers from dementia. Her daughter called her "very loving, caring, devoted" and "a very dedicated mother."

Brooklyn woman arrested for threat against ‘Zionist’ students

Brooklyn woman charged with making ‘terroristic threat’ to public school over ‘Zionist’ student body.

Dozens injured

Mexican Navy ship collides with Brooklyn Bridge

A Mexican Navy training ship, the Cuauhtémoc Sailboat, strikes the Brooklyn Bridge, injuring 20 people, three critically.

NYPD investigating clashes between protesters in Crown Heights

NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced that the NYPD was investigating clashes that ensued when anti-Israel protesters arrived in Crown Heights, including two instances of harassment by pro-Israel protesters.

During Ben-Gvir's visit

Watch: Chabad hassidim clash with anti-Israel protesters

Anti-Israel protesters gathered outside the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn to protest a speech by Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Days before US trip:

Brooklyn event featuring Itamar Ben-Gvir cancelled

The benefit event for Chabad of Hebron that was supposed to be hosted by Beis Shmuel Chabad in Crown Heights was canceled shortly after it was announced.

Violent incident that ignites tensions in Crown Heights

After a Jewish resident was filmed pushing an African-American man in a wheelchair, a protest rally is being held calling for unity. The Jewish community condemns the act.

Brooklyn:

Driver denies charges in crash that killed Jewish mother and kids

Brooklyn woman accused of causing a deadly crash that killed a Jewish mother and her two daughters pleads not guilty to second-degree manslaughter charges.

Driver who killed Jewish mother, daughters: I had the devil in me

Driver with suspended license and troubling record faces manslaughter charges after tragic collision kills haredi mother and two daughters.

Brooklyn tragedy:

Jewish mother and two children killed in accident

Devastating accident in Brooklyn claims the lives of a Jewish mother and her two children as they were crossing the street while making their way home from synagogue.

Swasika painted on Tesla truck owned by Jewish man

Man double parks and writes "Elon =" swastika on Cybertruck owned by Jewish man in Brooklyn. Vandal arrested.

Brooklyn Rabbi calls to pray for President Trump

Rabbi Moshe Landa of Williamsburg instructed his congregation to pray for President Donald Trump during Sabbath services, deviating from traditional political neutrality in the Hasidic community.

Brooklyn:

Man arrested for funding ISIS operations in Syria and Turkey

Tajik national residing in Brooklyn arrested on charges of conspiring to support the Islamic State (ISIS) by transferring tens of thousands of dollars to ISIS supporters in Turkey and Syria.

NYPD investigating hate crime

Jewish girl assaulted in Williamsburg

New York City Police Department searching for an individual who assaulted a Jewish girl in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The incident is being investigated by the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force.

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Man charged with hate crime after attacking Jews in Crown Heights

47-year-old man charged with a hate crime after attacking Jewish men with cutting shears in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood on Shabbat.

Suspected antisemitic ramming in Brooklyn was accident

After accusations incident in which a Jewish woman and her children were hit by a car was an anti-Jewish hate crime, NYPD confirms incident was a traffic accident.

Street where Lubavitcher Rebbe lived to renamed for him

NY City Council votes to rename one block of President Street in Brooklyn will be renamed "Lubavitcher Rebbe Way."

Crown Heights:

Jew attacked by knife-carrying bike thief

A Chabad hassid tracked down his stolen bicycle and was attacked by the thief who was found to be carrying a knife.

Anti-Israel 'rage playdate' staged outside Chuck Schumer's home

Protesters clash with police after failing to obtain a permit for a protest outside the Senate Majority Leader's home to which they brought their children and anti-Israel coloring books.

Orthodox Jew brutally attacked in New York

Two masked men approached a Hassidic Jew in his 50s in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, asked him what type of phone he had, and then proceeded to beat him with a stick.

Jewish boy assaulted on way to school in Brooklyn

13-year-old boy slapped in the face in random attack in Crown Heights.

'Hitler was onto something'

Antisemite harasses customers at kosher restaurant in Brooklyn

Man accusing Jews of being 'evil,' 'killing babies,' and attempting to kill JFK and Donald Trump goes on antisemitic tirade against Jewish customers at a kosher restaurant.

Jewish man slashed in face in Brooklyn

Visibly Jewish man hospitalized after being targeted in random attack by man shouting hateful rhetoric on Flatbush Avenue.

Elderly Jewish man pepper-sprayed in Boro Park, Brooklyn

Man with Middle Eastern appearance pepper sprays elderly haredi man leaving a sukkah in an unprovoked attack in Brooklyn. Supect arrested thanks to efforts of local volunteers.

Brooklyn:

Driver threatens Jewish worshippers on Rosh Hashanah

On Jewish New Year, NYC driver threatens 2 Jewish men walking to synagogue with screams of 'F–-ing Jew! Drop dead Zionist,' and swerves toward them.

'There was a lot of excitement':

Hasidim disappointed after Trump deli visit canceled

Donald Trump’s hasidic fans lament cancelation of Williamsburg restaurant visit after owner’s death.

Trump visit to Brooklyn kosher deli canceled after owner dies

Former President was to visit Gottlieb's kosher deli in Williamsburg today, but the visit was canceled when owner Shalom Yosef Gottlieb suffered a fatal heart attack.

Large Palestinian flag hung on NY Williamsburg Bridge

Palestinian flag flown from top of bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan during rush hour.

Man who stabbed haredi in Brooklyn charged with a hate crime

22-year-old who allegedly yelled "Free Palestine" before stabbing a Jewish man near Chabad headquarters is being charged with a hate crime.

Brooklyn:

Young haredi man stabbed near Chabad headquarters

Young haredi man stabbed in Crown Heights, within 100 feet of the Chabad Headquarters, in what is being probed as a hate crime.

Brooklyn:

Teen volunteer at Masbia kosher soup kitchen stabbed by client

17-year-old boy volunteering at Masbia of Flatbush soup kitchen Coney Island Avenue stabbed in stomach by client who argued about a pitcher of apple juice.

Letting crickets loose

Antisemitic vandals target Brooklyn home of Columbia exec.

Apartment building of Columbia University official targeted in latest incident of antisemitic vandalism in Brooklyn. Door broken and insects let loose inside the lobby.

'Hamas truck' menaces Jewish residents of Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Pickup truck adorned with blood paint, image of bloody hands, PLO flag, and picture of Yasser Arafat often seen outside local Chabad center in what has been called an intimidation tactic against Jewish residents.

Brooklyn:

Woman arrested for antisemitic vandalism at museum staff's homes

28-year-old woman who took part in antisemitic graffiti at the homes of Jewish officials from the Brooklyn Museum on Shavuot arrested.

5th-grade graduation attack:

Jewish woman's family sues NYC for $100 million after assault

Family who were beaten by Muslim family shouting 'free Palestine at Brooklyn elementary school graduation accuses school of allowing antisemitic incitement, leading to attack.

Antisemitic assault at Brooklyn elementary school graduation

Jewish woman, her husband, and teenage son assaulted by Arabic-speaking family at 5th-grade graduation ceremony. NYPD refuses to investigate assault as a hate crime.

Brooklyn Museum

Homes of director, Jewish officials hit with antisemitic graffiti

Mayor Eric Adams condemns antisemitic graffiti, vandalism, on homes of museum director and Jewish board members, including inverted red triangle used as a Hamas symbol.

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Anti-Israel protesters arrested after taking over Brooklyn Museum

New York City police take into custody more than two dozen people who took part in pro-Palestinian Arab protests at the Brooklyn Museum.

Brooklyn:

Man charged with hate crimes after driving car at Orthodox Jews

Asghar Ali has been charged with more than 10 crimes, including attempted murder as a hate crime, NYPD says.

Brooklyn:

Driver verbally attacks, tries to run over yeshiva students

Driver passing a Hasidic Jewish school in Brooklyn verbally assaults a group of Jewish people before trying to run them down. NYPD investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.

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Anti-Israel protesters arrested in Brooklyn

At least a dozen arrested after Pro-Palestinian Arab demonstrators march in Bay Ridge and clash with officers.

Assailant beats, kicks Jewish children in Brooklyn

11-13-year-old Orthodox children playing on the sidewalk viciously attacked by man who threw 2 of them to the ground and repeatedly kicked one of them.