SEE: Colorful Murals Painted On Boarded-Up Inwood Businesses

INWOOD, MANHATTAN — Uptown artists are using plywood on boarded up stores and restaurants to spread messages of love and support for the protests spurred by George Floyd's death.

At least two blocks on Dyckman Street on either side of Seaman Avenue have been turned into walls of murals painted on storefronts that, like many in New York City fearful of widespread looting, have boarded up their windows, video shows.

The murals include portraits of Floyd — who died in Minneapolis last week with a police officer's knee on his neck — calls for "standing for justice peacefully" and tributes to the neighborhood.

One of the artists, who goes by D. Bonilla, told Patch that the artists started coordinating with local businesses after some began painting on the boarded up plywood last week. Bonilla ended up painting one of a few murals on Mamasushi.

"The coordination started after more people came and the owner of Mamasushi (Susana) funded most of the paint," he told Patch. "Naturally more artist started to participate."

Other artists who created murals include @chase_lives, @sotethegoat, @vgoa and Danny Peguero, according to tags on the paintings.

Bonilla — who worked with M. Tony Peralta on another mural honoring healthcare workers — said he hopes the murals can spark a conversation. He's also painted a tribute to Floyd on Chinito Latino restaurant a few blocks away and said there are a few more in the works.

"I hope it starts a conversation between the community and what we can do to better," Bonilla said. "Also I hope it brings awareness to what's been happening now and for a very long time now."

The Dyckman Street and Seaman Avenue murals come a few days after a confrontation during a protest a few blocks away went viral.

The video, which has since been seen 1.3 million times online, shows a crowd yelling at and chasing after a group of black men who were approaching the demonstration, which was set up to protect local businesses from looting.

In the days since the demonstration elected officials and some of those involved in the confrontation held a second rally at Dyckman Street and Post Avenue to call for unity among Latino and black communities.