{"id":227389,"date":"2026-05-11T16:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/227389\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:54:29","slug":"swastikas-found-in-two-queens-parks-amid-rise-in-antisemitic-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/227389\/","title":{"rendered":"Swastikas Found in Two Queens Parks Amid Rise in Antisemitic Vandalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HIDIfmvW8AAcSex.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"292\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HIDIfmvW8AAcSex.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"HIDIfmvW8AAcSex\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (VINnews) \u2014 Swastikas were discovered in two public parks in Queens, prompting condemnation from New York City officials amid a recent rise in antisemitic vandalism in the borough.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vinnews.com\/2020\/01\/07\/vin-whatsapp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tJoin our WhatsApp group<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vinnews.com\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSubscribe to our Daily Roundup Email<\/a>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement released Monday by Julie Menin, at least 11 swastikas were found spray-painted in Highland Park and Forest Park.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My statement with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lynn4NYC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Lynn4NYC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoannAriola32?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@JoannAriola32<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Highland Park and Forest Park in Queens were vandalized with at least 11 swastikas.<\/p>\n<p>Just a week ago today, similar antisemitic graffiti was found at two synagogues and two private homes in the borough.<\/p>\n<p>This is yet another hateful\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7MbpvRzTk3\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/7MbpvRzTk3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Speaker Julie Menin (@SpeakerMenin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMenin\/status\/2053861885473182014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Menin, alongside Council members Lynn Schulman and Joann Ariola, said the vandalism came just one week after antisemitic graffiti was reported at two synagogues and two private homes in Queens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is yet another hateful incident meant to intimidate Jewish New Yorkers and divide our city,\u201d the council members said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n<p>The New York City Police Department is investigating the incidents. City officials said the graffiti would be removed by the Parks Department as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers also pointed to the City Council\u2019s recently approved five-point action plan aimed at combating antisemitism through education, prevention and accountability measures.<\/p>\n<p>Follow VINnews for Breaking News Updates<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (VINnews) \u2014 Swastikas were discovered in two public parks in Queens, prompting condemnation from New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-227389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227389","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=227389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}