Break-in news: Burglars pounce

Business is booming — for burglars. Break-ins are up 38 percent in the Big Apple over the past month, compared with the same period last year, as shops, spas and bars that remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic provide easy pickings.

In one recent heist, a crook broke into a Queens flower shop through a broken window and removed $1,200, an iPad and an iPhone early Saturday, cops said.

The thief, who was caught on the store’s video cameras, even stopped to grab a teddy bear at VIP Flowers & Wedding Center on 108th Street in Forest Hills, according to police.

In a second Queens burglary, a spa owner who went back to her business to begin reopening it Sunday discovered a thief had broken in through the roof, cops said.

The owner of Spa Bellagio on Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing told cops the crook ransacked the place and stole $50,000, according to police.

In a third burglary, two crooks were caught on camera in a Manhattan bar.

The owner of District Social on West 38th Street in Midtown told cops he received a notification from his security-camera company at around midnight Saturday and saw two men lurking around inside his business dressed all in black and carrying flashlights, police said.

The men used power tools to cut open a safe and an ATM, only to abscond with $50 and a computer, according to police. The burglars gained entry by cutting through a basement wall.

All of the businesses had been closed for several weeks because of the coronavirus, allowing the crooks the perfect opportunity to raid the empty locations while no one was looking.