Breslin was guy who couldn’t $ave straight

Famed city newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin left behind a rich literary legacy — but was cash-poor when he died last month, court documents show.

Breslin’s only assets were an estimated $99,000 worth of “copyrights in literary property,” according to legal papers filed in Manhattan Surrogate’s Court.

“There isn’t much,” estate lawyer Phyllis Dubrow told The Post on Monday.

“He hadn’t published anything lately,” she added, noting that the once-prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist didn’t even own the commentaries he wrote — the publishers do.

Dubrow said the $99,000 estate value is a rough estimate, and she needs to have an appraisal done to determine the total worth of his intellectual property.

Breslin died on March 19 at age 88 of complications related to pneumonia. He left his modest estate in a trust to his second wife, former City Councilwoman Ronnie Eldridge, 86, to whom he was married for 35 years.

Eldridge also inherits anything that was jointly owned, including bank accounts and the couple’s West 57th Street apartment. The couple took a $400,000 mortgage out on the condo in October, city property records show.

After Eldridge passes away, Breslin’s estate will be split among her six grandchildren from a previous marriage and his four adult sons, the will says.

When the pair married in 1982, a year after Breslin’s first wife died, the writer noted wryly, “Everybody hated the other. It was beautiful.”

Breslin’s will includes a no-contest clause that automatically disinherits anyone who challenges the document.