Anger, concern build after attacks on Jews
BOROUGHWIDE — As police stepped up patrols in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods following a series of shocking attacks on Jews in Brooklyn and elsewhere, residents reacted with shock and anger to the violence.
“I always look over my shoulder now. I never did that before,” said one woman walking on 18th Avenue near 48th Street in Borough Park told the Home Reporter on Thursday afternoon.
Residents of heavily populated Jewish communities such as Borough Park, Williamsburg and Crown Heights are seeing additional NYPD patrols on their streets