The Firemen’s Memorial in Riverside Park, which holds great importance to the FDNY, was defaced recently by a vandal, police confirmed to West Side Rag on Tuesday.
Someone broke off the nose of one of the two women depicted in the monument at West 100th Street and Riverside Drive on the night of March 17 with an unknown object, before fleeing the scene, police said.
There has not been an arrest and the investigation remains ongoing, NYPD added.
The memorial, which was designed by H. Van Buren Magonigle and Attilio Piccirilli and erected in 1913, has become an important gathering place for members of the FDNY and their families, and is one of the locations across the city that hosts a large gathering on September 11 each year.