An Israeli visitor to Crown Heights was left shocked and disturbed after encountering antisemitic graffiti inside the Kingston Avenue subway station.
Photos taken at the scene show hateful messages scrawled directly onto metal surfaces along the platform. One image reveals the words “DEATH 2 ZIONISTS” etched into a steel beam, alongside additional scribbles. Another shows the phrase “F*** ISRAEL” carved across a metal panel facing the tracks.
The graffiti appears to have been scratched into the metal rather than written with marker, suggesting a deliberate act of vandalism that may be more difficult to remove.
The visitor told COLlive.com he was taken aback to see such blatant expressions of hate in a public transit station serving a heavily Jewish community.
The incident adds to ongoing concerns about antisemitic rhetoric appearing in public spaces, particularly in areas closely associated with Jewish life.
It is unclear how long the graffiti has been there or whether it has been reported for removal.
Y’all are just lucky I spent the first 2 years after 10-7 spray painting any of these things over in and by the Sterling St station.
These idiots don’t realize that we (chabad) aren’t Zionists
You do realize they use the word Zionist to mean any Jew at all. They Use it to delegitimize our existence it’s a deliberate action. It’s not about political contentions nor religious. It’s Just Jew Hatred
We need more teachers in schools that can teach people to help each other instead of hate
Dont expect the Mayor’s newly established “Office to Combat Antisemitism” investigate this matter, given that its leadership, Phylisa Wisdom, has a reputation for overlooking incidents targeting the visibly Orthodox community. We all know she was appointed as a performative gesture designed to project an image of communal support while lacking the substantive action necessary to protect frum Jews. Ultimately, the office is more of a political maneuver than a genuine commitment to addressing the specific vulnerabilities of the frum community.
Duh
What is there to do anyway?
Maybe if they enforced the law against graffiti this would stop and our streets would be so much nicer and clean.
How ’bout everyone picking up their trash in front of their houses…. if you want to talk about clean….
Its ironic because most anti-jew attackers only know who to attack because they are visibly jewish(frum). that whole office is a joke….
It’s not necessarily antisemitic, Joe Biden proudly called himself a Zionist.
Maybe it’s time someone from the Chabad community to run for a form of office in crown heights
So what
Paint it over and call it a day
Not to parse semantics, but this is technically anti-zionist, not anti-Semitic. Of course for many, including anti-zionists, they are conflated. However, it is possible to separate the two. For many, Israel is viewed as an apartheid state that engages in genocide. I am not proud of the current state of things in Israel, but am proud to be Jewish. I hope for a day when Judaism’s Messianic vision is realized and all people shall reside in peace together.
If I have a problem with India and felt graffiti would help, I wouldn’t do it in the African community.
Besides the point, I haven’t met a single non Jewish ‘anti Zionist’ who was not a virulent Jew hater.
There’s some crazy lady that has been posting stickers at Penn Station for the past 3 years… Mta takes care of when reported.
it does not target non Zionists Yidden