US EditionNYPD Opens Hate Crime Investigation After Car Rams Into Chabad Headquarters Building
The driver rammed the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters five times during a major holiday gathering; police arrested him and are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
- 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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