HE FLASHED A piece and made off with her purse. 

A 61-year-old goon was lurking outside a home on West 4th and Jane Streets back at around midnight on Oct. 26 when he eyed his mark: an 87-year-old woman. 

The unsavory gun-toter snuck up from behind the woman and barked orders for her to hand over her purse. 

The elderly woman complied. 

The suspect was described as wearing a black cap, brown coat, black sweatshirt, black pants, and white and black sneakers, 

black hat, black sweatshirt, brown jacket, black pants, gray, white and black sneakers. 

Loot in hand, the suspect sprinted off on Jane Street. 

Investigators caught up to the crook on Dec. 1 and nailed him with armed robbery and burglary raps.

A SUSPECTED ROCK chaser was busted in someone else’s car, in zombie mode and then found to be holding a pellet gun. 

It was around 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 9, when the 37-year-old was tripping the life fantastic. Or at least tripping balls behind the wheel of a stolen white Nissan with its engine going while parked at a “No Standing” zome at the intersection of Walton Avenue and Clifford Place. 

By his not-so-sober footsies, the officers found a smoking hot crack pipe — with some unspoked crack pebbles in the bowl. 

The car itself was allegedly not his. 

Its owner dropped it off at a repair shop and thought it was being tended to.

Only it wasn’t.

It was being driven by the alleged crack fiend who also was found to be carrying a black air pistol that “duplicated a semi-automatic gun" with a “moving slide and trigger" to mimic a real gun. 

The suspect was dinged for criminal possession of a controlled substance, firearms, unauthorized use of a vehicle, and possession of an imitation pistol.

A COUPLE METALHEADS were caught traipsing into a street sewer. 

At around 10:45 p.m. on Jan. 7, the deviant duo, ages 26 and 42, were fished from underground after allegedly plucking open a man cover located on 72nd Street off 13th Avenue. 

They were conquesting for who knows what. Perhaps there’s some kind of mega treasure deep in the loins of Brooklyn’s streets? 

But before they could count their booty — a concerned citizen dialed 911 to report the subterfuge. 

They were popped at 2:30 a.m.

The younger of the tools was caught carrying burglary tools. 

They were taken away and are now mounting defenses against criminal trespassing charges. 

Their bust comes a month after the same sprite one was busted for the same manhole maneuver on Dec. 5.

Also, in April two other culprits playing mutant ninjas were also working their magic in an underground Brooklyn street. 

One of the suspects allegedly fibbed they were “looking for treasure.”

Another reportedly mused, “I was hired to clean the sewer.”

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A BANK CUSTOMER was shadowed to the subway train where he was met by a money-grubbing ghoul.

It was around 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 when the 17-year-old had exited the vestibule of a Chase Bank branch ATM located on Queens Blvd., according to the criminal complaint.

As he descended downstairs to await a northbound train at the Kew Gardens/Union Turnpike subway station — he was broached by the 29-year-old tough donning a green jacket and black pants for directions.

Then the conversation tenor turned sullen.

“I was going to mug you on the train,” the brute allegedly snarled.

He demanded $50.

But the youth attempted to claim he was penniless.

That didn’t sit well with the suspect.

He drew a pistol. Then he allegedly pointed it at the teen and came down on his initial demand: asking for $10.

The kid kept telling him he was broke.

The suspect, who hails from Staten Island, then demanded the teen transfer $100 using the Cash App on his phone.

Only when the teen tried this — the transaction apparently failed.

Not one to give in, the suspect escorted the victim back to the Chase ATM where he had him take from his account $140.

Those monies were snatched by the suspect, the papers say.

And all the while cops were able to secure CCTV footage that recorded the accused robber squarely in frame hustling like a small-time baller.

Still eluding capture, the suspect kept on chasing the mighty dollar.

This time it was to shakedown a marijuana plug.

It was around 2 p.m. on Nov. 6 when the suspect, wearing a grey sweatshirt and black jacket, allegedly met up with a man who was going to sell him $350 worth of quality nuggs.

However, when money changed hands, another cohort swooped up on them and the suspect allegedly took out a pistol and squealed, “You know what time it is! Don’t make it worse than what it is!”

His alleged chum then rifled through the pockets of the pot dealer and grabbed $400 and AirPods. They also took the teen’s electric scooter and (of all things!) his boxing gloves before making a run for it.

Again, the suspect wasn’t exactly crafty about keeping himself from being exposed on surveillance footage. Investigators were able to ID him based on the new footage and also by utilizing a photo array.

On Nov. 27, cops put the man behind bars for both the subway jugging incident and the marijuana doublecross.

For that bust, he was charged with robbery and grand larceny.

The same perp was also tied to an Oct. 6 shakedown in Staten Island.

He allegedly stepped to a man walking along Corson Avenue near Jersey Street in the Brighton Heights nabe.

With gun at the ready, the suspect allegedly harked: “Give me your money,” according to the criminal complaint.

The victim handed over $200.

He would soon find himself caught. And in this case, dealt a robbery, menacing, and petit larceny trifecta.

A SUSPECTED DOPE pusher was nabbed pushing coke and crack twice to undercovers.

The 39-year-old was taken away on Jan. 6, after allegedly tendering two deals being watched by the po-po.

The first sale of coke took place in October. And the second deal was made in November involving crack.

Cops moved in on the suspect at his alleged territory and fitted the perp in bracelets.

When they searched him they found a bunch of round pills marked “230” crowding his show.

When pressed about the provenance of the pills, the perp allegedly told cops the pills were his but that he was sourced them by a Dr. Feelgood pal who had a legitimate prescription.

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Lucio Iorfida: Stevens (appliances and electronics) was cross the street from the restaurant back then. (Where TD Bank is now.) Does anyone else remember?

Ralph Vassallo: I grow up in Astoria [sic]. Ravenswood l remember all of those location, lived two blocks from rainy Park would swim in east river. We would ride our bikes over Welfare lsland bridge,went to the Strand theater n all the movie houses on Steinway St, l had the best childhood growing up in Astoria. And let's not forget going to Astoria POOL!

Eric Hauser: My Grandfather's meat market was near that corner... Julius Hauser Meats...

Ed Marks: The police car pictured looks like a 1974 Plymouth Fury

John Gerondidakis: When people actually put on clothes to go outside

Eileen Lithco: There was a coffee shop around the corner on Broadway had the best milkshakes for 50 cents. I’m so glad to have good memories, growing up in Astoria, which set the expectations for the same in other neighborhoods/areas. Live by example, not with a divide and conquer mentality.

IT’S NOT TAUGHT but everybody who spends time and dips their toe into the city’s wilds (as in not just basking in the white-gloved sterile swaths) soon learn to adopt a neutral countenance as a survival tactic. Years ago, I dubbed it “A.M.P.”… as in “Ain’t My Problem”. And it’s spelled on the two mugs riding on a train next to a cross-dressing, freestyle rapper. He’s not exactly spitting bars…

And you know I fuck with Yanisha.

Smoking trees.

With a bitch named Katrina.

Hashtag #AintNobodyWantToBeatHer!

And then the one fotag pans to the left where both the straphangers (maybe they’re tourists since the dude is clutching a purse on his lap) cast their stares away, and don’t emote whatsoever. Just another few moments to grind through the impromptu performance until they get to their destined stop.

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EVEN THE PIDGEONS are terrified of this loudmouth…

A CYCLE-PATH DOCUMENTED riding in the town where pedestrians rule. After all, wasn’t it David Letterman who declared street signs in New York City “are just rough guidelines”.

But here this dude wheels around town sometimes screaming (between curses) Look before you fucking cross!” and “I guess you don’t know how a bike path works!” at people unawares of their treading his bike path. (Sometimes he seems justified as there are too many folks in town who abuse the bicyclists. On a personal note I have had to dodge getting doored many many days often by hacks, truck and livery drivers. But there are some bicyclists (I’m looking at some messengers back in the day) who are totally off their rocker. And while there may be some justification for the source of fury — this is clearly leading to people getting hurt; including the rider himself.

But this dude will just growl at folks and you can hear them shutter as he “Grrrrs” loudly by.

And young innocent kiddos aren’t immune like this little girl…

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