{"id":201854,"date":"2026-04-18T18:26:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/201854\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T18:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:26:35","slug":"3-people-jump-on-nypd-car-crack-windshield-during-queens-street-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/201854\/","title":{"rendered":"3 people jump on NYPD car, crack windshield during Queens street takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nypd-car_1524485160354_5386455_ver1.0.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">NEW YORK &#8211; A police response to a drag racing gathering in Queens turned chaotic when individuals climbed onto a patrol vehicle and damaged it.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Officers responded around 1:49 a.m. April 18 to multiple 911 calls reporting drag racing near Eliot Avenue and 69th Street within the 104 Precinct.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Police say officers arrived within a minute and activated lights and sirens to disperse the gathering.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Most vehicles and attendees left the area without incident.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">During the dispersal, three unidentified individuals jumped onto the hood of a marked police vehicle, causing damage and cracking the windshield.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The individuals then fled in a vehicle in an unknown direction.<\/p>\n<p> What happened next <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">At the direction of the precinct\u2019s commanding officer, additional units canvassed surrounding streets to deter further reckless driving.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">During that canvass, one motorist was issued a summons for blocking a crosswalk.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Police have not released descriptions of the individuals involved.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written using information from the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\/nyc\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York City<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article NEW YORK &#8211; A police response to a drag racing gathering in Queens turned chaotic when individuals&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[850,9,24,12,56,63,122,124,123,618],"class_list":{"0":"post-201854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-queens","15":"tag-queens-headlines","16":"tag-queens-news","17":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}