New York Post

NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER

- Kenneth Garger and Sarah Trefethen

Brooklyn

Three masked men attacked an 85-year-old Greenpoint resident in his home, authoritie­s said Saturday.

The thieves pushed their way inside the victim’s apartment on Huron Street near Manhattan Avenue at about 1:50 p.m. on Nov. 29 when he answered their knock, cops said.

Once inside, one thug held the victim by his neck and asked, “Where’s the money?” while the other two ransacked the apartment, according to officials.

The goons, who ultimately left empty-handed, stand about 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-10, police said.

One wore a black, hooded sweat shirt with the words “LIVE INSPIRED” on the left shoulder.

Another had the word “HEAT” on the back of his jacket, and the third man wore blue and white sneakers.

An armed robber stuck up an East New York restaurant for $100, authoritie­s said Saturday.

The man held up a cashier at Down’s River Res- taurant on Stanley Avenue near New Jersey Avenue at about 10:35 p.m. Wednesday, police said.

The thief is about 6 feet tall and wore a black jacket, a black and white scarf and black gloves, according to cops.

The Bronx

Two thieves snatched a cellphone from a 14-yearold boy in Morrisania, cops said.

The suspects, believed to be in their late teens, shoved the boy against a wall and took the phone in front of 370 E. 162nd St. at about 4 p.m. Monday, police said.

One of the perpetrato­rs is about 5-foot-8 and 145 pounds. He wore a red and beige bubble coat with a fur–lined hood.

A 19-year-old man was assaulted by a robber on a Soundview street, police said Saturday.

The thug approached the teen on St. Lawrence Avenue near Westcheste­r Avenue at about 5:20 p.m. on Dec. 1 and demanded that the victim empty his pockets, cops said.

When the victim refused, the thug threw him to the ground and slugged him in the face.

The assailant wore black glasses, a red hoodie, a black hat, blue jeans and white sneakers.

Queens

The suspect pictured above snatched headphones from an 18-year-old girl outside a Flushing subway station, police said Saturday.

He approached the woman from behind, grabbed her headphones and ran off as the victim was about to enter the Flushing-Main Street station at about 3 p.m. on Dec. 1, cops said.

He’s about 5-foot-7, wore a blue jacket and black jeans and was carrying a gray backpack, police said.

A front-seat car passenrobb­ed a gas-station attendant at gunpoint in Woodside, cops said Saturday.

The gunman was in a silver Nissan Maxima that pulled into a Gulf station at Queens Boulevard and 69th Street at about 7:40 a.m. on Dec. 11.

The crook pointed a gun at the 62-year-old attendant and demanded cash, police said.

The robbers sped off west on Queens Boulevard with $130.

Manhattan

An alleged pervert groped a 20-year-old woman riding a subway train in Midtown, police investigat­ors said Saturday.

The suspect (above) grabbed the victim’s breasts and hips aboard a 6 train near Grand Central Station at about 7:50 a.m. on Nov. 30, cops said.

The woman photograph­ed the alleged groper with her cellphone before she exited the train at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station, according to investigat­ors.

The bearded suspect remained on the train, the alleged victim reported.

She and cops described the suspect as between 25 and 30 years old and wearing a red hoodie and green jacket.

Staten Island

The suspect pictured at right stole cash from a 55-year-old man on a New Dorp street, cops said Saturday.

The alleged thief asked the victim for money at New Dorp Lane and New Dorp Plaza at about 11 a.m. on Nov. 27, according to police investigat­ors.

When the man refused, the suspect reached into the victim’s pocket, grabbed money and fled, officials said.

The suspect, whom the victim knows by the name Juan, was described as about 30 years old, 5-foot-9 and 170 pounds, police said.

He sports teardrop and cross tattoos near his right eye, according to authoritie­s.

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