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On the heels of conspiracy theories surrounding last week's taxi fires, a Curbed tipster reports a rash of car burnings in Gowanus and Park Slope:

I live on Sixth St, btwn 3rd and 4th Ave, Gowanus. I came home aroundmidnight on Friday night.... when I went for a morning stroll onSaturday, I came across not one but two burned out cars on Sixth St,one on my block, the other between 4th and 5th Ave. Both cars lookedlike they were fairly new. Anti-preppy terrorismo or what?

Another Park Slope incident reported on Brownstoner (also via Curbed) looks like a charred Subaru may have been collateral damage when nearby garbage bags were set aflame. And it's possible the vehicle fires could be part of a perceived uptick in overall neighborhood vandalism and property crime, as reported on Gowanus Lounge, rather than an anti-auto (or anti-yuppie) statement.

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