The columns, sidewalk and vestibule of this Orange Street co-op were defaced by pro-Palestinian vandals Thursday. Photo by Mary Frost
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Another pro-Palestinian act of criminal vandalism has taken place in Brooklyn Heights, just blocks from an earlier attack in June.
Residents of a brick co-op on quiet Orange Street woke up Thursday to find their building, vestibule and sidewalk splattered with blood-red paint and triangle-shaped symbols related to the pro-Palestinian cause, with the glass in the front door cracked.
The vandalism took place around 3 a.m., a police spokesperson said. The incident is being classified as “criminal mischief,” and the investigation is ongoing.
Besides property damage, the vandals hung a “wanted” poster with Holloway’s photo outside of the building, according to the New York Post. They also threw a can supposedly filled with live crickets into the vestibule.
Rivers of red paint washed along the Orange Street gutter to the corner drain as a building staffer hosed the pillars and sidewalk in Thursday’s intermittent rain.
“I’m trying to get some of it off before it dries,” he said, adding the building would probably have to use a pressure washer to complete the job.
Related to Columbia University protests
The pre-war building on Orange Street is the home of Columbia University’s chief operating officer Cas Holloway.
Columbia has been embroiled in pro-Palestinian, anti-Zionism protests set off by the Israeli response to the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
Palestinian supporters claim Holloway signed off on the use of excessive force in a…
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