By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-10-06 18:16:44 | Updated at 2026-10-06 19:06:16
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It’s a sketchy situation.
A “petty” turf war has stirred up a quiet Queens neighborhood where a comedy club owner has been on a crusade to out the creep who’s allegedly been dousing her sidewalk chalk designs with bleach.
Hannah Lieberman has been using the public sidewalk outside her QED Astoria spot since the beginning of the summer to draw colorful advertisements for the club’s charity events, children’s story times and comedy shows — and almost immediately, the “king of Clorox” showed up and dumped a bottle of bleach across the pavement until the intricate drawings dissolved.
“I thought maybe it was a disgruntled teenager or something, but no. Turns out it’s a fully grown man,” Lieberman told The Post this week as she drew her latest artwork outside the venue.
Since the cops said they can’t do anything about the bizarre — but legal — behavior, Lieberman has taken matters into her own hands.
The sneaky saboteur returned to drench Lieberman’s art designs several more times, all of which were captured in a stunning montage of security footage.
“We do this big chalkathon to raise money for immigrant families and also just fill up the whole sidewalk with chalk,” Lieberman said.
“It was charming and heartwarming and awesome. He erases it.”
The comedy club CEO believes she knows who the culprit is — and has blasted him on social media while chronicling the spat.
The man diligently swings by 23rd Avenue to wipe away her art shortly after she creates a new piece — and after gorging on a bagel from the nearby shop, she says in one video that was first reported by QNS.
He also writes vile social media posts about neighbors, strangers and Lieberman, she explained — adding that at one point he dubbed her: “Handjob Liebers–tz.”
“My name is Hannah Lieberman. It’s already very Jewish. I don’t know why you needed to do that,” she said.
The Post reached out to a number listed for the alleged perpetrator, who declined to be interview — but texted the reporter to ask if she was “single.”
“Bleach? That’s insane. Isn’t it amazing people will make anything up?” the man also wrote in the bewildering string of texts.
The accused troll has a history with QED that dates back to its previous owner and founder Kambri Crews. In 2024, the pest was charged with graffiti, possession of a graffiti instrument and criminal mischief when he slapped Trump stickers on the club’s facade, ruining the vinyl signage, the NYPD told The Post.
Lieberman told police the madman was bothering the club yet again, but cops said he wasn’t doing anything illegal since the sidewalk is public property — and suggested that his social media nicknames didn’t qualify as harassment or antisemitism.
Instead, a detective suggested she “stop doing the chalk,” she said.
“I was shocked by that. I said, ‘Isn’t that just letting [him] win?'” Lieberman recalled.
“And he said, ‘The fact that you’re thinking about winners and losers, you’re both being petty and I don’t want to get in the middle of it.'”
The NYPD has since apologized for the unidentified detective’s comments, and noted that the department was monitoring the man’s alleged actions.
Lieberman has instead continued to chronicle the man’s chalk erasures on social media — and has expanded her public shaming to include the NYPD’s refusal to act.
“I’m known for my pettiness. I’m a pretty petty person,” Lieberman joked. “This was such a crappy experience with the police.
“The main takeaway is: I’m going to keep doing the chalk.”
