{"id":152348,"date":"2026-03-04T13:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/152348\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T13:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:20:31","slug":"brooklyn-hate-crime-antisemitic-brute-attacks-jewish-man-aboard-train-steals-his-yarmulke-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/152348\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn hate crime: Antisemitic brute attacks Jewish man aboard train, steals his yarmulke: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"391\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RMA535-Robbery-Hate-Crime-84-Pct-030226-photo-1.jpg\" class=\"crop-top no-crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"Suspect behind Brooklyn hate crime\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" title=\"Brooklyn hate crime: Antisemitic brute attacks Jewish man aboard train, steals his yarmulke: cops 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>An antisemitic brute who pummeled a Jewish man and stole his yarmulke on board a Brooklyn train in a vicious hate crime Tuesday morning remains at large, police reported.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD<\/p>\n<p>An antisemitic brute who pummeled a Jewish man and stole his yarmulke on board a Brooklyn train <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/nyc-crime-nypd-shootings-murders-february-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in a vicious hate crime<\/a> Tuesday morning remains at large, police reported.<\/p>\n<p>According to police sources, the hate-fueled, unprovoked assault unfolded at around 10:45 a.m. on March 3 on a Coney Island-bound N train at the Atlantic Avenue subway station. <\/p>\n<p>Cops say the victim, a 54-year-old man, was riding the train when the bigot approached him. Police said the suspect abruptly went on the attack, repeatedly punching the man across the face and body while spewing antisemitic remarks.<\/p>\n<p>The brute then grabbed the yarmulke off the victim\u2019s head and fled on a Manhattan-bound N train. He was last seen at the Canal Street subway station.\n<\/p>\n<p>The incident was reported to the 84th Precinct and NYPD Transit District 32. EMS rushed the victim to SUNY Downstate Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137835130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RMA535-Robbery-Hate-Crime-84-Pct-030226-photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"588\" title=\"Brooklyn hate crime: Antisemitic brute attacks Jewish man aboard train, steals his yarmulke: cops 2\"\/>A vicious antisemite pummeled a Jewish man aboard a Brooklyn train on Tuesday morning before making off with his yarmulke.NYPD<\/p>\n<p>Authorities report that the two men had never met or interacted prior to the attack. The incident is now being investigated as a hate crime by the NYPD\u2019s Hate Crime Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD reported 38 hate crimes during February; 21 of them involved victims who were Jewish.\n<\/p>\n<p>Cops said the suspect was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, khaki pants, black jacket, a surgical facemask, black shoes, and carrying an orange bookbag.\n<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made, and the investigation remains ongoing.\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident or the suspect\u2019s whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An antisemitic brute who pummeled a Jewish man and stole his yarmulke on board a Brooklyn train in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,303,9,24,63,103,104,1690,615,10523],"class_list":["post-152348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-crime","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police","tag-robbery","tag-subway","tag-subway-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}