Two New York City parks plastered with swastikas

Two parks in New York City have been vandalized with at least 11 swastikas, New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin says.

The graffiti was found in Highland Park and Forest Park in Queens. Images show red swastikas scrawled on a park sign and on walls.

The incident comes a week after vandals sprayed swastikas and other pro-Nazi graffiti on two synagogues and Jewish homes, also in Queens.

Swastika graffiti regularly appears around the city.

“This is yet another hateful incident meant to intimidate Jewish New Yorkers and divide our city. And we want to be clear: We cannot and will not accept this as normal,” Menin says, adding that the NYPD is investigating.

My statement with @Lynn4NYC and @JoannAriola32:

Highland Park and Forest Park in Queens were vandalized with at least 11 swastikas.

Just a week ago today, similar antisemitic graffiti was found at two synagogues and two private homes in the borough.

This is yet another hateful… pic.twitter.com/7MbpvRzTk3

— Speaker Julie Menin (@SpeakerMenin) May 11, 2026

Jews in New York are also on edge ahead of an anti-Zionist protest planned for tonight in a Jewish area of Brooklyn.

Organizers say they are targeting an event providing information about real estate in Israel and West Bank settlements.

The protesters targeted a similar event last week at a synagogue in Manhattan.