The mural, which in 1997 transformed a rundown, decommissioned bus stop into artwork, depicts an underwater volcanic scene complete with mer-people, bubbles and sea grass. “That one, I don’t know what it is, but that’s the one that attracts graffiti,” Grillo said. ![]() The memorial, called “Mythical Cavern,” is somewhat of a graffiti magnet, she said. Grillo, the Rockaway resident and sculptor who has led the rehabilitation and ongoing maintenance of the wave mural and three other like it on Shore Front Parkway, was disappointed – but not surprised – when she heard about the incident. It was unclear whether Lora, who was wearing a green bandana and another black one with a skull-and-bones pattern on it, is affiliated with a gang or band of graffiti artists.Įsther A. The word “suck” was written in magenta lipstick or crayon right underneath the words Lora is accused of writing. ![]() Police caught an alleged graffiti artist in the act Tuesday as he was using a permanent marker to scrawl a message to other boneheads on a mural on Shore Front Parkway.Īndy Lora, 17, was writing the words “Lost Boyz” on the wave mural on Shore Front Parkway and Beach 84 Street when cops rushed in and busted him before he could even ditch his black marker, according to court records.
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