Throggs Neck residents wake up to smashed windows on multiple cars
Police have yet to confirm the exact time, all the locations or the total number of vehicles damaged.
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Felix Ramirez was walking his dog Wednesday morning when he spotted broken glass along the street in Throggs Neck. Then he got to the car he’d been driving.
“When I walked over here, I noticed that they broke into my car,” Ramirez said.
It was a rental. Ramirez said his own car was still in the shop after someone stole its catalytic converter two weeks ago.
News 12 counted more than 10 cars with smashed windows on Hollywood Avenue, along the Throgs Neck Expressway and on Miles Avenue. Some cars had already been moved, leaving piles of glass at the curb. Officers spoke with neighbors and took reports as an NYPD evidence collection team worked at the scene.
The NYPD confirmed multiple vehicles were vandalized. Police have yet to confirm the exact time, all the locations or the total number of vehicles damaged.
Some residents said that their belongings were missing. One neighbor, Fahd Alghaithi, said he had bought his Mercedes just a day earlier and that two iPhones were taken from it.
Another resident said someone had broken into her car twice in a matter of months. Now she has to get it fixed with the holidays approaching.
“I’m upset. The holiday is coming. Now I gotta take my car to get fixed,” she said.
Residents said they’ve dealt with other thefts in the area, from tires and catalytic converters to entire cars. Some said they’re uneasy about parking on the street again, but it’s their only option.
“They have to get some patrols out here, and they have to put some cameras up,” Ramirez said.
Anyone who might have information about the incidents is urged to contact the NYPD.
