A parking mishap caused a woman to plow her white BMW into a Queens pizzeria, injuring herself and a man eating inside the restaurant on Wednesday, cops said.
The 68-year-old driver was trying to park her BMW when she accelerated the car and plunged front-first into New Park Pizza on Cross Bay Blvd. near 157th Ave. in Howard Beach around 1:12 p.m., police said.
A 73-year-old man dining inside was injured, suffering chest pain and a cut to his knee, cops said. He was taken to Brookdale University Hospital with minor injuries.
A parking mishap led a woman to plow her white BMW into a Queens pizzeria, injuring herself and a man dining at the New Park Pizza, on Cross Bay Blvd. near 157th Ave. in Howard Beach on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
The driver sustained knee and neck pain in the crash and was taken to the same hospital, where she’s expected to survive.
A worker said the restaurant, which feeds hundreds of customers daily, was damaged from “the dining room to the bathroom.”
A man, who was enjoying his Pizza, ended up being rushed to the Hospital with serious injuries after a woman driving a white BMW SUV inexplicably smashed through the northern wall of the New Park Pizza Restaurant located at 156-71 Cross Bay Boulevard in Queens on Thursday October 15, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
A man, who was enjoying his Pizza, ended up being rushed to the Hospital with serious injuries after a woman driving a white BMW SUV inexplicably smashed through the northern wall of the New Park Pizza Restaurant located at 156-71 Cross Bay Boulevard in Queens on Thursday October 15, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
A man, who was enjoying his Pizza, ended up being rushed to the Hospital with serious injuries after a woman driving a white BMW SUV inexplicably smashed through the northern wall of the New Park Pizza Restaurant located at 156-71 Cross Bay Boulevard in Queens on Thursday October 15, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
A man, who was enjoying his Pizza, ended up being rushed to the Hospital with serious injuries after a woman driving a white BMW SUV inexplicably smashed through the northern wall of the New Park Pizza Restaurant located at 156-71 Cross Bay Boulevard in Queens on Thursday October 15, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
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A man, who was enjoying his Pizza, ended up being rushed to the Hospital with serious injuries after a woman driving a white BMW SUV inexplicably smashed through the northern wall of the New Park Pizza Restaurant located at 156-71 Cross Bay Boulevard in Queens on Thursday October 15, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
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“It could have been a lot worse,” said the 22-year-old worker, who gave his name as Joseph.
“I don’t know when we’re going to be open again,” he added. “Hopefully, by this weekend we can start selling pizza again.”
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