Three thugs robbed a man as she walked home from the subway station on Sept. 29.
The 32-year-old victim exited the 18th Avenue N-train subway station just before 2 am. As he approached the corner of Bay Ridge Avenue, three men walked up to him. One pulled out a knife and held it to the victim’s chest while the other two rifled through his pockets, grabbing his wallet and phone. The suspects then fled with $60 and various cards.
Someone cornered and robbed a man as he walked down 68th Street on Sept. 29.
The victim, 30, told cops he was between 20th and 21st avenues, just after midnight when a man walked up to him and threw him down to the ground. The thug then ripped the victim’s pants pockets off, grabbed his wallet and ran down the street.
A thug hit and robbed a teenager as she walked home from school on Sept. 29.
The victim, 16, was walking down 65th Street at around 1:30 pm. When she stopped to cross the street at the corner of 20th Avenue, a man walked up behind her, punched her in the back of the head and grabbed her phone out of her hand before running the opposite direction.
A thief on a bike robbed a woman as she walked down 86th Street on Sept. 26.
The victim, 29, was walking home from the store at around 8:30 pm. At the corner of 23rd Avenue, a man on a bicycle sped past her, grabbing her purse and pedaling away with her phone as well as various debit and credit cards.
At least two neighborhood homes were burgled last week.
• Someone broke into a house on 78th Street between 16th and 17th avenues on Sept. 27.
The 22-year-old owner of the home told cops she was gone overnight. When she returned at 7 am, someone had broken one of her basement windows, and stolen electronics from inside.
• Two days later, someone broke into a West Fifth Street home when the 45-year-old victim left to go for a job at 7 am. When she returned, she found the front door of the home, which is between 18th and 19th avenues, open and jewelry missing from inside.
— Emily Lavin
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