Borough Haul!

Subterranean thieves took over the Jay Street/Borough Hall subway station last week, sticking up at least three different straphangers. Here are the horrifying details:

• A thief snatched a Blackberry from a man as he attempted to board a C train at around 1:35 pm on Sept. 20. The 23-year-old victim attempted to apprehend the crook, but the thief escaped.

• Four female perps pushed a 15-year-old girl to the ground and stole her Nike sneakers at around 3 pm on Sept. 22. The robbers also punched and kicked the victim.

• A thief grabbed $35 from a 56-year-old’s hand after the victim purchased a Metrocard at around 2:15 pm on Sept. 23.

Hack attacked

Cops locked up two perps for attempting to rob a cabby at gunpoint on Sept. 25.

The crooks — as well as a third accomplice who eluded police — were in a cab on their way to the corner of Fulton and Jay streets at around 10:10 pm when the taxi stopped at a red light at the corner of State and Bond streets.

That’s when one of the passengers pulled out what appeared to be a handgun and put it to the back of the driver’s head and demanded cash.

The driver opened his door and fled from the car and the robbers jumped into a black livery van that had been tailing the cabby.

But cops were able to nab a 20-year-old and a 19-year-old suspected of the failed stick up.

Chocola-tear

A sweet-toothed swindler stole a pocketbook from an employee at Jacques Torres, the Willy Wonka of Water Street, on Sept. 26.

The crook snatched the bag from an unlocked locker between 10:30 am and 8:30 pm and fled from the store, which is between Main and Old Dock streets, with the victim’s iPod, keys, credit cards, and ID.

Starbucked

Cops locked up a 21-year-old suspected of snatching an iPhone from a patron inside a Court Street Starbucks on Sept. 26.

The perp grabbed the fancy phone from a 19-year-old woman’s hand at around 3:15 pm and fled from the shop, which is near the corner of Joralemon Street.

But he didn’t get far.

Art heist

Thieves stole two projectors from a Front Street art organization overnight on Sept. 26.

The crooks got into the DUMBO Arts Center, which is located between Washington and Main streets, and snatched the electronics between 6 pm and 1 pm the next day.

Purse–loined

A crook yanked a handbag from a 26-year-old woman’s shoulder near the corner of Wyckoff and Smith streets on Sept. 22.

The perp approached the victim from behind at around 11:30 pm and tugged on her bag, causing the strap to break and almost knocking the victim to the ground.

The thief got away with the victim’s credit cards, ID, keys, and $20.

Duffield attack

Three hoodlums overpowered a 19-year-old in a Duffield Street mugging on Sept. 22.

The hoodlums approached of the victim near the corner of Concord Street at around 12:40 pm and asked him what kind of cellphone he carried.

Then one of the crooks put him in a chokehold and threw him to the sidewalk. The impact of the fall knocked the victim’s Sidekick cellphone from his pocket and the thieves fled.

MetroTook!

A thief heisted a 21-year-old’s Blackberry as she walked through the MetroTech complex on Sept. 26.

The perp grabbed the phone at around 6:40 am near the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Bridge Street and fled.

Fashion crime

A shoplifter heisted costly clothing from a Front Street boutique on Sept. 25.

The crook snatched a brown leather jacket, a striped cardigan, and a blue handbag — valued together at $1,346 — at around 5:10 pm from Blueberi, which is located near the corner of Pearl Street.

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