Cops Snatch 20 Off-Road Vehicles 'Terrorizing' NYC Streets: NYPD

NEW YORK, NY — New York City streets may be largely emptied of cars because of the coronavirus pandemic, but they seem to have no shortage of dangerous off-roaders, according to the NYPD.

Cops seized 20 illegal bikes and all-terrain vehicles from the city's streets in one day on Saturday.

The ATVs, scooters, dirt bikes and even a few go-carts found in Manhattan resulted in 25 summonses and two arrests, including one rider who was found with a gun.

"It was a beautiful day today in NYC, but NOT to terrorize the streets on an illegal dirt bike or quad," Patrol Chief Fausto Pichardo Tweeted about the crackdown. "Throughout the day, NY’s Finest were safely removing these menaces."

Most of the banned vehicles were found in North Brooklyn, where there were 14 confiscations Saturday, according to the NYPD.

Officers there took nine dirt bikes, two ATVs, two scooters and one motorcycle. They gave out 21 summonses for the illegal vehicles and arrested one person in Williamsburg's 90th Precinct for reckless endangerment and another person in the 73rd Precinct for criminal possession of a weapon.

In Manhattan, cops impounded one ATV they found in the 19th Precinct and two go-carts found in Midtown, police said. That haul resulted in three summonses.

One scooter was impounded in Queens' 108th Precinct and two more ATVs were impounded in the Bronx, police said.

The crackdown comes as New York City's streets remain largely clear of traffic as New Yorkers stay home during the coronavirus pandemic.

At least one neighborhood has complained of dangerous drag-racing — though, mostly with motorcycles and cars — that started after the streets cleared.

Law enforcement sources told the New York Post, though, that the illegal bikes are nothing new on New York City streets.

“This isn’t something new this has been going on for years and happens everywhere in the city,” one police source said. “It’s all the trouble-makers in the neighborhood. They’ll go up and down the streets like morons.”