NYC police department is investigating a November 10 assault on a Jewish teenager in Crown Heights as a hate crime, the NYPD said

The 19-year-old victim was walking on Kingston Avenue near Crown Street about 9:40 p.m. on Nov. 10 when eight young men approached him, police said. One of the men punched the victim in the face, and then the group fled, police said.

Police described the suspects as men in their late teens and early 20s.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES), then entering TIP577.

(YWN Newsdesk – NYC)