"Officers were alerted to the crash by a commotion at the rear of the building in the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn, she said, adding that they observed the vehicle strike the rear door, reverse and strike the door again. The officers ordered the driver to exit the vehicle and arrested him, she said. The NYPD bomb squad was deployed to the scene and the car was cleared. The suspect has not been identified."
"New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani told reporters that the incident was "deeply alarming given the deep meaning and the history of the institution to so many in New York and around the world." "Any threat to a Jewish institution or place of worship must be taken seriously," he said. "Anti-Semitism has no place in our city and violence or intimidation against Jewish New Yorkers is unacceptable.""
A man was arrested after a vehicle repeatedly crashed into the rear entrance of the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. No injuries were reported. Video shows the car strike the rear door three times, breaking a wooden door, while bystanders reacted and called for police. Officers arrived, observed the vehicle strike, reverse and strike the door again, ordered the driver out and placed him under arrest. The NYPD bomb squad cleared the car and the suspect remains unidentified. City officials condemned threats to Jewish institutions and called anti-Semitism unacceptable.
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