Green-Wood cleans up after ‘unprecedented’ vandalism
Historic Green-Wood Cemetery says it need to raise $100,000 to repair what it describes as unprecedented destruction perpetrated by vandals last week.
More than more 50 monuments and gravestones — most from the 19th century — were toppled or destroyed Monday night or early Tuesday morning.
The cemetery said that “there was a preponderance of crosses and crucifixes that were destroyed.” As a result, the NYPD Hate Crimes Unit was said to be investigating the incident.