White nationalist banner found hanging over Belt Parkway
A massive handmade banner promoting a white nationalist website was discovered hanging over a Belt Parkway overpass on Saturday.
The banner, tied to the 80th Street pedestrian overpass in Bay Ridge, was spotted days after posters for the same organization were found nearby, and as the city confronts a surge of anti-Semitic attacks.
In response, 11 neighborhood grassroots organizations have banded together to schedule a rally on Sunday, Jan. 5. The groups will meet at the corner of Third Avenue and 86th Street — near where one of the posters was found — to form a human chain along the avenue and rally for peace. The human chain, organizers said, is meant to demonstrate attendees’ willingness to protect their neighbors.