Monroe, NY – Swastikas Mar Vacant House

Monroe, NY – For more than two months, neighbors and passers-by have had to endure the sight of three big, red swastikas, spray-painted on the front of an empty house on Dug Road.

Neighbors have complained to the police and the real estate broker who’s been trying to sell the house, which was seistate zed through foreclosure six months ago. But to their growing chagrin, nothing has been done to remove the ineptly drawn Nazi symbols from the gray vinyl siding.

“To just see a lack of concern about it — it hurts,” said Paul Dreyfus, who lives a short distance away. “I would imagine this is the act of some idiot kids who don’t really know what it means. But regardless of who did it and why, it shouldn’t stay there.”

Property records indicate the house belongs to Deutsche Bank National Trust, which foreclosed on the four-bedroom colonial July 10. Real Estate United of Middletown is marketing the property for $319,000.

“You won’t believe your eyes,” the listing gushes, with unintended irony.

Ron Garafalo, a broker-owner at Real Estate United, said Wednesday that his office is working with the bank’s asset-management firm to remove the swastikas but that it can’t act until it gets permission.

“We’re not in a position to do anything about it because it’s not our house,” Garafalo said. “We don’t own it.”

Eric Vazquez, the listing agent for the house, said he couldn’t identify the asset-management firm, but he relayed this message from one of its representatives: “There are certain processes that the client requires in order to handle issues like this. I am trying to follow their guidelines, but I need certain pieces of information before we can proceed.”