Swastikas Drawn On Elderly Brooklyn Woman's Door, Police Say

MIDWOOD, BROOKLYN — Two red swastikas appeared on an elderly Brooklyn woman's front door during the Jewish Sabbath over the weekend, according to police.

A 77-year-old woman found the hateful graffiti outside her apartment near Ocean Avenue and Avenue M at about 4 p.m. Saturday, police said.

The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the anti-Semitic crime, which has seen a major uptick in New York City in recent months.

Statistics show 182 out of 352 hate crimes reported in 2018 targeted Jewish people, which constitutes about a 22 percent jump from last year and an almost 40 percent spike from 2016.

Recent Brooklyn hate crimes include former Christine Quinn staffer writing "Die Jew Rats" in a historic Prospect Heights synagogue, Bed-Stuy teens hurling a metal pipe through a synagogue window and swastikas drawn on a Brooklyn Heights garage.

Saturday's victim is a mother of three and former childcare worker who lived in Russia and Israel before settling in Midwood more than 20 years ago, the New York Post reported.

“I can’t sleep,” the woman told the Post said. “I feel like they targeted me.”

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