Cheap thieves

Two roustabouts held up a man at gunpoint and knifepoint on a Jan. 25 subway ride over the Manhattan Bridge — all for a measly $10 that left them in handcuffs anyway.

The victim told cops that as the Brooklyn-bound N train was crossing the bridge from Canal Street at around 4 am, one of the crooks approached him and asked, “What time is it?”

The perp then pressed a gun to the victim’s chest, while an accomplice poked a knife in his back and rifled through his wallet.

When the pair disembarked at DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, they ditched the gun in a trash can. Officer Robert White recovered both the pistol and the knife and slapped the cuffs on the two suspects.

Cell swiped

A thug pushed a woman to the ground on the 4 train platform at Borough Hall, snatching her cellphone on Jan. 29.

The victim told cops that she was waiting for a Utica Avenue-bound train around 9:30 am when she noticed her future attacker smoking a cigarette.

Shortly thereafter, the perp made his move, grabbed the cell and escaped onto the street.

Purse pilfer

A thief swiped a woman’s purse inside the Metrotech office complex on Jan. 25.

The victim told cops that she was waiting to cross Myrtle Avenue at Jay Street at around 7 pm when the thief snatched her purse and ran into the Jay Street subway stop. The victim gave chase, but lost track of the thug as he ran back up to the street.

She lost an assortment of IDs.

iPushed

A punk pushed a woman to ground on Jan. 28, stealing her iPod.

The victim told cops that she was suddenly shoved from behind at around 10 pm at Remsen and Clinton streets. She did not get a look at her attacker.

Grand thefts auto

At least two vehicles vanished into the night in the 84th precinct last week.

• A thief stole a 1998 Nissan Sentra from Wyckoff Street on Jan. 25. The owner said that he had last seen his ride between Hoyt and Bond streets around 7:30 pm. When he returned four hours later, it was gone.

• A thief stole a 1999 Harley-Davidson from Bergen Street. The hog’s owner told cops that he had parked between Bond and Nevins streets at around 9 pm on Jan. 24. When he returned to the chopper four days later at around 7 pm, it was gone.

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