New York police are investigating a possible hate crime after a car crashed into an Orthodox Jewish center on Wednesday, the city’s police commissioner said.
Officers arrested a man after he repeatedly drove into the rear door of the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, New York Police Commissionner Jessica Tisch told reporters Wednesday.
Footage shared online shows the driver ram into the door of the building, before he reverses and plows into it again.
No injuries were reported, Tisch said.
The police has “significantly increased security” around places of worship, including counter terror and bomb squad deployments, she added.
New York, home to the largest Jewish population outside Israel, is on a high alert amid a spike in reports of antisemitic attacks.
The city’s mayor Zohran Mamdani said the crash was “deeply alarming.”
“Any threat to a Jewish institution or place of worship must be taken seriously. Antisemitism has no place in our city, and violence or intimidation against Jewish New Yorkers is unacceptable,” he wrote on X.
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