{"id":279558,"date":"2026-06-27T01:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/279558\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T01:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:14:18","slug":"swastika-carved-into-tesla-with-israeli-flag-in-back-seat-on-nycs-upper-east-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/279558\/","title":{"rendered":"Swastika carved into Tesla with Israeli flag in back seat on NYC’s Upper East Side"},"content":{"rendered":"

A vandal carved a swastika onto the hood of a woman\u2019s Tesla parked on NYC\u2019s Upper East Side \u2014 and cops suspect an Israeli flag in the car\u2019s back seat prompted the attack.<\/a><\/p>\n

The victim parked the car on E. 85th St. near First Ave. around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, only to return around 9 a.m. the following morning to find the Nazi symbol of hate<\/a> scratched into the paint, according to law enforcement.<\/p>\n

Cops said an Israeli flag was visible in the car\u2019s back seat when the vandalism occurred.<\/p>\n

There have been no arrests.<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Barry Williams \/ New York Daily News<\/p>\n

A swastika is seen scratched onto the hood of a parked Tesla on the Upper East Side on Friday. (Barry Williams \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

The Tesla\u2019s desecration follows a vandalism spree in Queens<\/a> that saw religious centers, homes and vehicles defiled with swastikas and antisemitic slogans last month.<\/p>\n

Among the properties damaged during the rampage was Congregation Machane Chodosh<\/a>, located on 108th St. near 67th Road in Rego Park, where a swastika was spray-painted over a plaque honoring the survivors of Kristallnacht, an antisemitic pogrom that erupted in Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n

Hate crimes are up nearly 9% citywide, with 265 incidents this year compared to 244 in 2025, according to the most recent stats, which are current as of May 31.<\/p>\n

Of those 265 hate crimes, 152 targeted Jewish victims or were antisemitic in nature, stats show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A vandal carved a swastika onto the hood of a woman\u2019s Tesla parked on NYC\u2019s Upper East Side…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,75,9,24,264,12,63,261,134,136,135,265],"class_list":["post-279558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-manhattan","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279558","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=279558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}