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Man Struck In Head With Brick In Bed-Stuy, Critically Injured: NYPD

Police also searched an apartment about a block away, but have not said whether the operation was connected to the assault.

Police found the 31-year-old unconscious on Tompkins Avenue Thursday night. He remains hospitalized in critical condition. (Peter Senzamici/Patch)

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT— A 31-year-old man remains in critical condition after someone struck him in the head with a brick Thursday night in Bed-Stuy, according to police.

The man was found unconscious and unresponsive around 10 p.m. in front of 158 Tompkins Ave., between Myrtle Avenue and Willoughby Avenue, police said.

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Emergency responders took him to Kings County Hospital, where he remains in critical condition.

No arrests have been made.

About a block away, police executed a search warrant at 615 Willoughby Ave. with a squat team.

A neighbor told Patch he saw the team outside the apartment from about 4:30 p.m. until 11:30 p.m.

Police have not disclosed the reason for the search or whether it was connected to the assault.

Both streets were entirely blocked off for hours.

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