NEW YORK — The NYPD on Thursday arrested two teenage suspects for scrawling dozens of swastikas on a playground in a Jewish area of Brooklyn.

Both suspects were 15-year-old boys, a police spokesperson said.

One was charged with aggravated harassment and criminal mischief as a hate crime, and the other was charged with 25 counts of aggravated harassment.

The swastikas turned up at the park two days in a row. The NYPD said 16 swastikas were found at the park on Tuesday, and another 57 on Wednesday.

Photos from the scene showed some of the swastikas scrawled around the name “Adolf Hitler.”

The graffiti was found in Gravesend Park, which is adjacent to Boro Park, a neighborhood with a large Orthodox population.

The graffiti drew condemnation from city and state leaders, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Governor Kathy Hochul, and Attorney General Letitia James.

New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, who is Jewish, visited the playground on Thursday, alongside other Jewish community leaders from the neighborhood and the city government.

Menin, a moderate Democrat, proposed a five-point plan for combating antisemitism last week.

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