by Emma Davey Two men were caught on camera stealing tiles from a work of street art by noted French artist, Invader.
The mosaic has been located above Nonna’s Pizzeria (253 Nassau Ave.) for more than a decade. News 12 reports that neighbors spotted the men in action early morning Sunday, March 1.
“My husband and I woke up in the middle of the night hearing some scratching,” a resident named Anna told the outlet.
“One was holding…
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‘Street art”. BFD. Why didn’t any Greenpointers “reporter” think it was important to raise hell back when all of the historic bronze plaques which were affixed to the Greenpoint Savings Bank were ripped off the walls by thieves who most likely sold them for scrap? All this took place under the noses of the lowered standard NYPD hires literally around the corner from the 94th Precinct.
Maybe because no Greenpointers “reader” sent us this as a tip and waited to say something in the comments section?
Ha! Nice burn, Joe is a dullard.
the same person:
https://evgrieve.com/2025/09/the-lou-reed-mosaic-bandit-of-st-marks.html
and:
https://evgrieve.com/2024/06/now-people-are-stealing-invaders.html
Can we please get a competent police department? Finding this guy is child’s play at this point, except nobody at the NYPD cares to do any work, clearly.