Williamsburg

Man with Iranian flag shirt charged in Brooklyn hate crime assaults on three Jews

Forty-one-year-old Andrze Wnuk was charged with three hate crime assaults, said the NYPD, after the force responded to reports of multiple assaults.

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A New York City Police Department (NYPD) vehicle is seen outside the Israeli Consulate building in Manhattan, New York City, US, May 22, 2025
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (R) visits a sukkah of Satmar community leaders in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, October 10, 2025; illustrative.

Zohran Mamdani is not antisemitic, Satmar's Brooklyn leadership says

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a liberal muslim, and not antisemitic, Satmar's Williamsburg, Brooklyn, community leadership wrote in newsletter Der Blatt.

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Orthodox Jews of the Satmar Hasidim in the village of Kiryas Joel, New York, US, May 25, 2016

'Enough is enough!': Hasidic woman publicizes divorce battle

The rabbinical court gave Steinmetz ten days to provide a "get" or face excommunication, yet he refused and has not faced any repercussions since.

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Orbeez gell balls.

Hassidic Jews targeted in gel pellet attacks in NYC

The three suspects drove through Williamsburg for three nights shooting gel pellets at Ultra-Orthodox Jews from a toy gun.

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NYPD to increase patrols in Williamsburg due to rise in antisemitic hate crimes

Arrests by the Hate Crimes Task Force are up more than 100% this year, with arrests for attacks on Jewish New Yorkers up by 45%.

AUGUST 31, 2022ByJACOB HENRY/JTA
Residents of Hasidic Williamsburg have largely returned to pre-pandemic life, as seen on Sept. 29, 2020.

Ultra-Orthodox man chased by two unidentified youths in Williamsburg

Two teenage boys were seen on video chasing an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.

AUGUST 22, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Two youths chase an ultra-Orthodox man in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York.

Polio detected in New York City wastewater

Polio has been detected in New York City's wastewater and heavily populated Orthodox Williamsburg is vulnerable due to the lack of people fully vaccinated against Polio.

AUGUST 13, 2022ByJACOB HENRY/JTA
An child is vaccinated at a Children's Medical Center in Neve Yaakov, Jerusalem, 10 September 2013.

Bodies of Jerusalem yeshiva student plane crash victims land in US, UK

"Thanks to the activities of ZAKA representatives, Chabad emissaries and benefactors, the families will be able to "bury their loved ones even before Shabbat," ZAKA CEO Dubi Wiesenstern said.

JULY 31, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Wreckages of the Ukrainian military Antonov An-26 plane are seen at its crash site outside of Chuhuiv town, Ukraine

New York man arrested after hitting group of hasidic men with car

The NYPD spokesperson said that five men were hit by the vehicle, with one sustaining a foot injury.

APRIL 21, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
HAREDIM GATHER near the Congregation Yetev Lev D’Satmar synagogue in the South Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, last year.

Girls spit at Jewish man in Brooklyn, bite cop

One of the girls was arrested after biting the cop.

APRIL 2, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
HAREDIM GATHER near the Congregation Yetev Lev D’Satmar synagogue in the South Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, last year.

10,000 expected to attend Satmar wedding in New York despite coronavirus

The sheriff's department has ordered the wedding be postponed or canceled, should it not be limited to 50 people.

OCTOBER 18, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Orthodox Jews of the Satmar Hasidim celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer in the village of Kiryas Joel, New York

COVID spreading in Orthodox areas. Why are people still not wearing masks?

In Williamsburg, home to the Satmar Hasidic community, mask wearing on the street is rare.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
The streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, one of the Orthodox neighborhoods in New York City where COVID cases have increased recently, Sept. 23, 2020. Few people are wearing masks.

Two haredim lightly injured in Brooklyn hit-and-run

"This attempted murder in Williamsburg is a warning sign to authorities around the world. The next murder motivated by antisemitism is around the corner."

AUGUST 31, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pedestrians walk past a yeshiva in the South Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, April 9, 2019.

Security cameras to be installed in haredi neighborhoods in Brooklyn

The neighborhoods slated to get the cameras are Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Borough Park.

JANUARY 13, 2020ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
An illustrative photo of Hasidim walking in Brooklyn, New York.