Hate Crime in Park Slope? Youngsters Allegedly Fracture Transgender Man's Face

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — A 33-year-old transgender man was left bloodied and shaken last Friday the 13th by a combination racist and homophobic attack — in broad daylight — in one of Brooklyn's wealthiest and most liberal neighborhoods, a police source told Patch.

The man was walking northbound on 9th Street around 11:30 a.m. Friday when he reached Park Slope's central 7th Avenue, near the local G stop, police said.

It was at this intersection that "five unknown individuals" around 19 or 20 years old "made eye contact with him and made anti-homosexual statements," according to an NYPD spokeswoman.

Among the alleged slurs: "What are you looking at, you white f*ggot?"

Three of the five young men then assaulted the victim, fracturing his face, police said. He was treated for his injuries directly after the assault at Park Slope's Methodist Hospital.

His attackers, however, are still on the loose. The victim described them to cops as five 19- to 20-year-old black men. One was wearing a red sweatshirt and red sweatpants, he remembered; another, a gray sweatshirt and gray sweatpants; another, a denim jacket and a blue shirt; another, a black jacket and gray pants; and another, a blue T-shirt and a black jacket.

The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force has been notified of the attack, a police spokeswoman said.

Police are urging anyone with any information about the suspects or the crime to tip them off online or by phone at 1-800-577-TIPS.

H/T Gothamist. Photo by Adam Moss