NYPD Cadet Caused Bed-Stuy Cafe Car Crash, Police Say

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — An NYPD cadet has been charged with causing, then fleeing, the wild crash that sent a silver sedan through a Bed-Stuy cafe window, police said.

Mark Acevedo, 23, side-swiped a silver car with Florida license plates on the corner of Nostrand Avenue and Clinton Place at about 8:40 a.m. Thursday, police said.

Acevedo sped away after the other car veered to avoid him and rammed into the Civil Service Cafe, police said.

Four people were injured in the crash, one seriously, and the building — which houses a coffee shop that is a neighborhood favorite — suffered structural damage, according to police and Department of Buildings records.

Acevedo was arrested hours after the crash when he returned to the Bed-Stuy street corner and he was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and illegal signaling, police said.

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