{"id":186509,"date":"2026-04-05T19:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T19:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/186509\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T19:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T19:18:14","slug":"botched-luxury-car-heist-leaves-trail-of-wreckage-across-hells-kitchen-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/186509\/","title":{"rendered":"Botched Luxury Car Heist Leaves Trail of Wreckage Across Hell\u2019s Kitchen Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pre-dawn attempt to steal high-end vehicles from a garage beneath the SKY luxury apartment building unraveled spectacularly Sunday morning \u2014 leaving a smashed McLaren on a sidewalk, a Range Rover trapped under a garage door, and damaged cars scattered across a Hell\u2019s Kitchen street, in what police describe as an attempted multi-vehicle theft involving four to five suspects.<\/p>\n

\"CarThe crumpled blue McLaren at the corner of W42nd Street and 11th Avenue on Sunday morning. Photo: Amanda Brown<\/p>\n

The chaos stretched from W43rd Street \u2014 where the garage entrance sits mid-block between 11th Avenue and the West Side Highway \u2014 to the corner of W42nd Street and 11th Avenue, where a bright blue McLaren came to rest crumpled against a traffic light pole, its doors flung open and front end crushed onto the curb outside the FedEx building.<\/p>\n

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Publisher & Editor Phil O\u2019Brien is an entrepreneur and journalist. As an international photojournalist, he photographed Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Princess Diana and many others. He built a successful international sports photography agency, EMPICS, that was Getty Images\u2019 major competitor in Europe when it sold. He founded a children\u2019s charity in the UK that has helped young people through sport for over 15 years. Phil has lived in New York since 2012. He founded W42ST in 2014.<\/p>\n

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