A large menorah at an Upper East Side park near Mayor Bill de Blasio’s house was partially destroyed shortly after it was lit in a ceremony celebrating the first night of Hanukkah.

About 1,000 Jewish New Yorkers gathered at Carl Schurz Park on East End Avenue on Sunday night for the eighth annual menorah lighting — enjoying a festive evening filled with live music and potato latkes.

“We woke up after lighting up the night with Hanukkah to some darkness,” said Rabbi Eli Weinstock of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun.

This is the second time the menorah in the park at East 88th Street and East End Avenue was targeted in less than 24 hours — prompting the NYPD to investigate it as a hate crime, law enforcement sources said.

Congregants spotted the mangled menorah in pieces on the sidewalk Monday morning and when they called police, they were told investigators were already looking into the incident.

“It was definitely not the wind, it was toppled,” Weinstock said. “Whether it was hatred or mischief, someone decided to do something very hurtful.”

The rabbi noted that while half of the candelabrum was damaged, some of the lights stayed on.

“They were able to topple the physical structure, but the lamps were still illuminated,” he said. “That’s what light is — it pierces the darkness and you can’t stop it.”

Mayor de Blasio attended a relighting ceremony Monday night.

“We show our love in the face of hatred,” he said.