Man With Hammer Smashes Property At 2 Mosques In Brooklyn: Police

SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — A man wielding a hammer damaged property at two mosques in Sunset Park and Bay Ridge over the weekend, the NYPD said.

On Saturday night around 5:20 p.m., he smashed the windows and broke a security camera at the Beit El-Maqdis Islamic Center in Sunset Park, on 6th Avenue near 63rd Street, police said.

Then, about 30 minutes later, he appeared at the Fatih Camii Mosque, on Eigth Avenue near 60th Street in Bay Ridge, according to police.

"Apparently that individual used a hammer to smash a mail box and a door handle," an NYPD spokesman told Patch.

The NYPD is investigating the incidents as a hate crime. The suspect in the crime is pictured above.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams visited the Beit El-Maqdis Islamic Center on Monday morning to survey the damage and offer his support.

"Incidences of vandalism in Sunset Park at Beit El-Madqis Islamic Center and Fatih Camii Mosque are abhorrent to the values of our community," Adams said in a statement.

"No hammer will shatter our spirit. The human spirit has the unbreakable ability to withstand any signs of hate and come together as one body of all faiths that says we stand together with these mosques, and with all people of this great borough."

This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.