Man Entering Synagogue Attacked With Rock In Kew Gardens Hills: NYPD

QUEENS — Police are looking for the person who threw a rock at a 23-year-old man who was entering a synagogue in Kew Gardens Hills over the weekend, the NYPD said.

The 23-year-old was walking into the synagogue located at 139-19 72nd Rd., near 141st Street, when a person inside a graffitied white van threw a rock at him on Saturday around 9 a.m., authorities said.

The white Sprinter van fled 72nd Road toward 139th Street, police said.

The 23-year-old man was not injured, and the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the attack, authorities said.

Police released images of the van on Monday.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on Twitter @NYPDTips.