Even Banksy couldn’t save this graffiti landmark. Furious street art fans were in mourning Tuesday after the owners of 5 Pointz had the graffiti Mecca in Long Island City whitewashed overnight.

LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (WABC) -- There was a huge legal victory for local graffiti artists. A group of them was awarded $6.7 million after their work was destroyed to make room for luxury apartments ...

The day has come for 5 Pointz. Animal New York reports that as of this morning, “a backhoe began tearing into the building that was once the graffiti mecca of New York City. While curators and artists ...

Defiant street artists have retagged the whitewashed walls of 5Pointz to protest the graffiti mecca’s impending destruction. “You can’t whitewash my city” and “Art is not dead” were among the new ...

In September 2013, Long Island City’s graffiti museum 5 Pointz will likely be demolished, destroying two decades worth of aerosol art. As the Sunnyside Post reports, property owner David Wolkoff ...