What to Know
- For the second time in less than a week, a Jewish man has been attacked in Crown Heights with a stone
- Police said a group of men threw a rock at a Jewish delivery driver as he sat in his truck at Brooklyn Avenue and Prospect Place
- The attack happened about a dozen blocks away from where a rabbi was badly injured after having a paving stone thrown at him
For the second time in less than a week, a Jewish man has been attacked in Crown Heights with a stone.
Police said a group of men threw a rock at a Jewish delivery driver as he sat in his truck at the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and Prospect Place around 5 p.m. Thursday.
The rock broke the driver’s side window and hit him in the eye, cutting his face. The delivery man refused medical attention afterward.
The attack happened about a dozen blocks away from where a rabbi was badly injured after having a paving stone thrown at him in what may have been a bias attack.
According to the NYPD, the first incident took place just after 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Lincoln Terrace Park. Police tell News 4 that 63-year-old Abraham Gopin was going through his morning exercises when another man allegedly yelled a Jewish slur at him and threw a rock in his direction, but missed.
The father of 10 confronted the alleged rock-thrower who then started punching him, police say, adding that Gopin fought back, before the other man threw the massive paving stone at him.
Police say that a struggle ensued between the two men before the alleged assailant fled the park on foot. Gopin was hospitalized but is now recovering at home after suffering a broken nose, two broken teeth, bruises and required several stitches.
Cops say they are looking for a man about six feet tall, last seen wearing a white shirt and black shorts. He can be seen on video recorded at the park that morning.
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No arrests have been made in either case, and the hate crime task force is investigating both incidents. Gov. Cuomo has instructed state police to help the NYPD in their investigation.
