NYPD probing attack on Asian man at Brooklyn market as hate crime

The NYPD is probing whether a random attack of a 40-year-old Asian man in Brooklyn was a hate crime, police said Tuesday.

The incident occurred just after 11:15 a.m. Monday at a Sheepshead Bay grocery store on Avenue U where the victim was pushed to the ground by an unknown man, according to police. The victim was unharmed, cops said.