Eric Avrutov, 31, allegedly cornered the 66-year-old religious leader without warning and dealt multiple blows on Dahill Road near Cortelyou Road in Kensington around 9:20 p.m.
He was charged with assault, criminal obstruction of breathing and harassment.
The act is not being treated as a hate crime – but it was Avrutov’s second unprovoked assault of the night, according to the NYPD.
About five minutes before he targeted the rabbi, Avrutov slugged another man, 60, on the side of the face as he pumped gas at the Shell station around the corner on Cortelyou Road, police said.
He was charged with assault and harassment in that attack.
Avrutov had also punched a 23-year-old man and 22-year-old woman in the face at random at Brighton 12th Street and Brighton Beach Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Sunday, police said.
He was granted supervised release because the top charge against him – misdemeanor assault – was not eligible for bail.
Avrutov was also arrested on Sunday for allegedly showing up at his grandmother’s Brooklyn home in violation of an order of protection back in June, and charged with criminal contempt, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors asked that he be held on $2,500 cash bail or $5,000 bond, but he was again cut loose on supervision, according to the DA’s office.
Avrutov’s record also includes a gun possession rap from 2024, one criminal trespass arrest and another bust for violating an order of protection, police said.
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A Brooklyn rabbi was brutally attacked and left bleeding outside of his home in Borough Park on Wednesday night.
The footage shows the moments police say a man walked up to the 66-year-old victim at around 9 p.m. on Dahill Road and began hitting and choking him, leaving him battered and bleeding.
The NYPD said officers rushed to the scene and a suspect was quickly taken into custody, charged with assault and harassment.
The victim's wife said her husband was rushed to the hospital, suffering from severe pain.
Police said it was a random attack and not a hate crime.
[In order for this to be considered a hate crime, the attacker would need to demonstrate intent, such as slurs or remarks referencing the victim's religion.]
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