The NYPD is investigating the robbery of a man’s shtreimel in Borough Park as a hate crime. Police say the incident occurred on 53rd Street during Saturday afternoon. Footage of the crime shows the victim and a man on a moped having a conversation. The victim was wearing a shtreimel, which is a fur hat worn by some members of the Jewish community on religious holidays. After the two seem to go their separate ways, the suspect on the moped drives up and snatches the shtreimel off the victim’s head. Click here to read more on brooklyn.news12.com.
