{"id":205464,"date":"2026-04-22T00:09:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205464\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:09:48","slug":"two-cars-seized-but-no-arrests-after-fiery-car-meetup-in-queens-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205464\/","title":{"rendered":"Two cars seized but no arrests after fiery car meetup in Queens: Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 Police tracked down and seized two vehicles in connection with a fiery car meetup<\/a> that disrupted a Queens neighborhood over the weekend, Council Member Phil Wong said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Despite the seizure, there have been no arrests related to the incident. Videos circulating online show a group of people lighting a ring of fire<\/a> and performing dangerous car stunts at the intersection of Eliot Avenue and 69 Street early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

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Wong says he was informed of the seizures by Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, but he\u2019s calling for more officers and patrols, as well as quicker responses to such incidents.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unacceptable and can\u2019t be tolerated,\u201d said Council Member Oscar Feliz, from the Bronx, who says the borough has also been disrupted by so-called car meetups.<\/p>\n

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Videos have flooded social media showing big crowds gathering around cars<\/a> late at night, blasting music, speeding through streets, and doing doughnuts throughout Queens.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey shouldn\u2019t be doing those things in the middle of the street. We need to be safe,\u201d said Rosa, a Queens resident.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey could\u2019ve hit the shop, they could\u2019ve crashed into the gas stations, and they\u2019re lighting fires, in between two gas stations is absolutely crazy,\u201d said Sam McCarthy, a manager whose business was nearby the Queens incident.<\/p>\n

Police say they were called to the intersection of Eliot Avenue and 69th Street just before 2 a.m. on Saturday and dispersed a crowd using lights and sirens. Officers observed a blue car, a silver BMW X3, and a white BMW at the scene.<\/p>\n

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During the dispersal, three people jumped onto the hood of an NYPD vehicle and cracked the windshield before escaping in another car, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

A video posted on social media shows a similar incident in the Bronx a few months earlier, depicting three cars simultaneously doing stunts and masked men doing backflips off of NYPD vehicles.<\/p>\n

The NYPD says it will continue to regularly monitor locations prone to car meetups and deploy officers to patrol them.<\/p>\n

Dominique Jack is a digital content producer from Brooklyn with more than five years of experience covering news. She joined PIX11 in 2024. More of her work can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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