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Woman is seen pouring gasoline over Brooklyn Yeshiva and lighting it on fire

The NYPD’s hate crime unit is hunting for a woman who poured gasoline on a Yeshiva in Brooklyn and set it alight, as New York City’s crimewave continues.

The incident took place Thursday night at around 7:27 pm, according to police. They received a call for an arson incident outside the Yeshiva of Flatbush on Avenue J.

A Yeshiva is a Jewish school that focuses on traditional religious texts. There are about 275 Yeshivas in New York City.

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