KEY POINTS Wednesday's car ramming incident at a local synagogue is being investigated as a potential hate crime by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force. Video footage showed a car repeatedly ramming into the entrance on the building. A car rammed into the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters on Wednesday evening in Brooklyn, and the New York Police Department says it is investigating the event as a potential hate crime. The investigation is being led by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force, per ABC News. A person watches the scene where a car slammed into the entrance of the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in New York.