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Gowanus in 60 seconds: 5 luxury cars boosted from Brooklyn garage in overnight heist
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Published Mar 16, 2026
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Call it Grand Theft Auto: Gowanus Edition.
A brazen group of thieves boosted five luxury cars from a Brooklyn parking garage in an early morning heist on Sunday, according to the NYPD.
Police said the bandits snuck into the garage, which is in a new apartment building on President Street a block away from the Gowanus Canal, around 5:15 a.m and made off with a Mercedes G550, a Range Rover, a BMW X5, an Audi SQ5, and an Audi Q5. The group ditched a lowly Hyundai on the street with its engine running.
Police said no one was harmed during the caper.
It was a scene reminiscent of the 2000 action film “Gone in 60 Seconds,” where Nicolas Cage plays the leader of a carjacking gang tasked with stealing 50 high end cars in a single night.
A police officer dispatched to the scene asked a Gothamist reporter early Sunday morning if he’d seen a group of kids on the block. By 5:50 a.m., there was no sign of anyone — or the five cars that disappeared from the garage.
An NYPD spokesperson on Monday said police were still investigating the case and had not made any arrests.
A parking space in the garage goes for $500 a month, and a studio apartment in the building rents for more than $3,000 a month. The parking garage is unstaffed overnight — but it’s filled with fancy rides, like a Lamborghini that was parked inside on Sunday.
"The safety of our residents is our number one priority," said Kari Hegarty, a spokesperson for the building’s owners. "As such, we've taken additional security measures and are fully cooperating with law enforcement as they investigate."
This story has been updated with a comment from Kari Hegarty, a spokesperson for the building’s owners.
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Stephen Nessen
Stephen Nessen covers transportation. Since 2008 he has reported on everything from Occupy Wall Street, the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site, Hurricane Sandy, to Trump’s campaign for president. His transportation reporting has taken him everywhere from the MTA’s secret Rail Control Center to the gleaming subways of Seoul. Got a tip? Email [email protected].
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