The fiery Queens street meetup was unacceptable—and it can’t happen again

May 5, 2026

A dangerous, fiery street takeover at 69th Street and Eliot Avenue in Queens on April 18 was not something to shrug off. But the NYPD is being asked to do too much with too little.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/25/opinion/the-queens-street-meetup-was-chaosand-cant-happen-again/

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meetup was unacceptabpe—and it can’t happen again [217] => the fiery queens street meetup was unacceptaboe—and it can’t happen again [218] => the fiery queens street meetup was unacceptablw—and it can’t happen again [219] => the fiery queens street meetup was unacceptabls—and it can’t happen again [220] => the fiery queens street meetup was unacceptabld—and it can’t happen again [221] => the fiery queens street meetup was unacceptablr—and it can’t happen again [222] => the fiery queens street meetup was unacceptabl4—and it can’t happen again [223] => the fiery queens street meetup was unacceptabl3—and it can’t happen again [224] => the fiery queens street meetup was unacceptable—znd it can’t happen again [225] => the fiery queens street meetup was unacceptable—snd it can’t happen again [226] => the fiery queens street meetup was unacceptable—wnd it can’t happen again [227] => the fiery queens street meetup was unacceptable—qnd it can’t happen again [228] => the fiery queens street 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