Police found a swastika graffitied at Fort Totten Park in Bayside last week, the New York City’s Department of Parks and Recreation said.
The antisemitic graffiti was found on Thursday evening and removed on Monday morning after authorities completed an investigation at the Endicott Battery of the park.
“Hate has no place in our parks,” a spokesperson for the Parks department said in a statement. “When offensive hate speech is discovered, we work with the NYPD to remove it immediately.”
Assemblyman Edward C. Braunstein, who represents Bayside, also addressed the incident on Twitter, expressing that “hate will not be tolerated in our community.”
It has come to my office's attention that graffiti of a swastika and other hateful language was discovered on a building within Fort Totten Park by @NYCParks staff. The @NYPD109Pct has taken a report and is investigating. Hate will not be tolerated in our community.
— Ed Braunstein (@edbraunstein) March 4, 2023