Relations between blacks and Jews in the neighborhood have long been tense. Recent violence between the groups has led to increased policing.
Abrahamson is the son of a Jewish woman and a black father.
Black Jewish teen wants to help neighborhood
BROOKLYN Yosef Abrahamson got a chance - at least symbolically - when he
was made commanding officer of a Crown Heights police precinct on
Tuesday. He joined 120 other city teens for the one-day-only
recognition. Abrahamson says he is willing to do anything to help
the two communities.
