A lawless mob wreaked fiery havoc on a Queens intersection during a late-night car takeover as local lawmakers demand a crackdown on these unhinged meetups.
Shocking video shows reckless drivers whipping around the intersection at 69th Street and Eliot Avenue in Queens early Saturday morning.
Over 100 vehicles clogged up the roads along the Maspeth-Middle Village border.
A lawless mob wreaked fiery havoc on a Queens intersection during a late-night car takeover as local lawmakers demand a crackdown on these unhinged meetups. youtube/@PhilWongNYC
The late-night car chaos happened around the intersection at 69th Street and Eliot Avenue in Maspeth on Friday. youtube/@PhilWongNYC
A man appeared to wave a Palestinian flag as he burned rubber, just narrowly missing those standing around the car while it made donuts around a massive street blaze.
Flames arose from the street as hordes of brazen participants filmed the dangerous drivers – who sped off as cops arrived.
“Last night was a zoo,” one neighbor, who didn’t share her name, told The Post. “When that ring of fire came out, that scared the hell out of me.”
Councilman Phil Wong (D-Queens) slammed the incident as “disgusting.”
“This kind of reckless behavior is an attack on our quality of life, and it cannot be tolerated,” he said.
He said three people jumped on top of the responding police car and shattered its windshield – but the culprits got away.
At least one of the drivers was issued a citation for blocking a crosswalk and the case is under investigation, cops said.
Cops responded to the incident around 1:50 a.m., about one minute after first being notified, according to police.
An NYPD spokesman said that within minutes of their arrival, nearly everyone involved had dispersed.
Wong has demanded a meeting with cops and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch about the ongoing issue plaguing Queens communities.
“I have to question what the NYPD intel is doing. How do 100 cars come to a sleepy neighborhood like Middle Village? The chaos needs to end,” a Wong rep told The Post.
The police spokesperson reiterated that cops arrived about a minute after receiving calls about the incident.
Resident Danny DiMaggio, 58, agreed with Wong that there needs to be a “stronger police presence.”
He said similar meetups have happened in the area “sporadically” — but never to this alarming extent. “My wife didn’t sleep the rest of the night. It was chaotic,” DiMaggio added.