US EditionNYPD Opens Hate Crime Investigation After Car Rams Into Chabad Headquarters Building
- On January 28, 2026, a car repeatedly struck the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights about 8:46 p.m., and the driver was arrested with no injuries reported.
- Authorities treating the event as a potential hate crime say the timing coincided with Yud Shevat, when thousands gathered and the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters was evacuated.
- Video posted online shows the sedan reversing and accelerating into the building's doors, striking the wooden basement/side doors at 770 at least four times; the NYPD Bomb Squad swept the vehicle and found no explosives.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the crash as intentional and "deeply alarming," and Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the NYPD increased security at houses of worship across all five boroughs.
- Amid a broader rise in antisemitic incidents in recent years, advocates noted the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters has a Gothic Revival facade and thousands of annual visitors.
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Car Ramming Attack on NYC Synagogue Being Investigated as a Hate Crime
A man was arrested after repeatedly ramming the doors of the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, as thousands of people gathered in prayer during a holy celebration on Wednesday evening.
Car Plows Through Jewish Chabad Headquarters In New York City
This could have turned out way worse. A man has been arrested after driving his car into the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch. If you are unfamiliar with Chabad-Lubavitch, it is a major branch of Orthodox Hasidic Judaism. A video of the car driving into the headquarters was uploaded onto X. Watch here: A 36-year-old man from New Jersey rammed his car four times into the back entrance of Chabad-Lubavitch’s global center in Crown Heights on J…
Hate crime being investigated after N.J. car rams into Chabad headquarters in N.Y.
A driver was in police custody Wednesday night after a car with New Jersey license plates repeatedly rammed into an entrance of the Chabad-Lubavitch Orthodox Jewish movement headquarters in Brooklyn, according to video and published reports.
Car crash into Chabad headquarters in NYC being investigated as a hate crime
Police in New York City have launched a hate crime investigation after they say a driver repeatedly rammed his car into the doors of the Chabad World Headquarters in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood Wednesday night. The driver has been taken into custody. No one was injured, but managers evacuated the synagogue as a precaution around 9 p.m. local time. What happened Copy URL Save image Ema…
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