The NYPD's hate crimes unit is investigating after someone spray-painted anti-Semitic graffiti inside an apartment building in Brooklyn, authorities said.
The phrase "f--- Jews" was discovered inside a Borough Park building occupied mostly by Jewish tenants on Sunday, according to the department.
Two NYPD officers were seen in the building going door-to-door looking for information about anyone who might've scrawled the message in the building.
"It's not good," said one resident. "I've lived here 10 years... I never saw anything like this."
The Anti-Defamation League, a group that fights anti-Semitism, said it is happy the department is investigating the vandalism.
“It is reassuring to see once again New York’s finest taking incidents of abhorrent anti-Semitism seriously,” the group said in a statement. “Borough Park is home to a vibrant Jewish community, rich in tradition, and the step to investigate as a potential bias-motivated crime sends a strong message that such hate will not be tolerated.”
The Anti-Defamation League said in a statement Wednesday that the graffiti is the latest in at least a dozen instances of anti-Semitism in the city since September. Seven of the incidents have been in Brooklyn, where there are several Orthodox enclaves.
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Anyone with information on the graffiti should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
