G for gunpoint

An armed thug tried to mug a 15-year-old when he got off the G train at the Greenpoint Avenue station on Dec. 13, but the quick-thinking victim escaped the robbery.

The hoodlum followed the victim off the train at around 2 am, waiting until he was on a quiet stairway before he showed him a handgun and said, “Give me your money.”

But the victim shouted for help and dashed towards a transit booth, and the perp darted out of the station, which is at the corner of Manhattan Avenue.

Fling blade

A night of partying turned gory on Dec. 11, when an altercation that started at a Bedford Avenue bar ended in a vicious slashing two blocks away.

After a 1:30 am argument at a bar near the corner of North Fifth Street, a dread-locked hooligan chased a victim to the corner of North Sixth and Berry streets, where the crook stabbed the victim repeatedly in the leg, shoulder and head.

The victim hailed a passing police car and was treated, cops said.

Sculpture vulture

In a crime straight out of the “Thomas Crowne Affair,” an art thief snatched a valuable sculpture from a crowded North Sixth Street gallery on Dec 12.

The art thief heisted a Peter Pracilio sculpture from the shop Future Perfect, a gallery at the corner of Berry Street, between 3 pm and 4:45 pm, yanking the artwork from the wall while an employee was dealing with other customers.

Party foul

Guests at a Dec. 12 party slighted one of the hosts when they stole electronics from his room.

The poorly behaved party-goers got into the bedroom between 11:30 pm and 2:30 am, snatching a camera, videocamera, watch, iPod, and cash from the apartment at the corner of Kent Avenue and North Fifth Street.

Unprotected

Thieves pilfered an unattended jacket early at a bar early on Dec. 12, heisting a reveler’s wallet.

The crooks snatched the wallet from a coat pocket between 3 and 3:15 am, escaping from the bar, which is at the corner of Manhattan and Driggs avenues, with the victims’ debit and credit cards.

Dell hell

A burglar broke into a Morgan Avenue apartment on Dec. 12 and heisted a Dell laptop.

The thug pushed his way in through the rear door at around 3:25 pm and grabbed the laptop, before fleeing from the apartment, which is near the corner of Nassau Avenue.

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