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Cops: Cyclist flips out on driver

94th Precinct

Greenpoint–Northside

Road rage

A bicyclist was arrested after having a serious bout of road rage on Driggs Avenue on Sept. 20, cops said.

The victim and two witnesses told police that the victim’s car was stopped near North Seventh Street at 4:30 am when the 30-year-old bicyclist rode up to the driver’s side of the car and started yelling at and threatening the victim. He then started circling the car, trying to pull off the side mirrors and smash the windows, cops reported.

When the cyclist tried to ride away, the victim jumped out of the car and pushed the mad man off his bike, at which point the cyclist started hitting the victim with this bike lock, according to witnesses who came to the victim’s aide, and who the cyclist tried to hit, too.

Shelter squabbles

There were two attacks at separate men’s shelters this week. Here’s the rundown:

• One Skillman Avenue shelter resident attacked another after the two got into a fight over a dollar on Sept. 13.

The victim said the attacker snapped during the argument at the 200-bed men’s shelter near Debevoise Avenue at 8:50 am, and picked up a knife and then stabbed the victim in the face and chest. The 42-year old victim was taken to Woodhull Hospital and the alleged attacker ran off.

The 33-year-old was later arrested and charged with assault.

• A 50-year-old man was arrested and charged with assault for allegedly stabbing a man in the head, chest, and sternum at a Clay Street shelter on Sept. 14.

The attack happened at the men’s shelter near McGuinness Boulevard at 12:20 am, police reported. The alleged attacker then fled the shelter and was arrested as he was trying to get on the G train at India Street and Manhattan Avenue. A 48-year old companion who was with him at the time was charged with having an open container of brandy and was found to have an outstanding warrant, cops said.

Phone robbery

A robber threatened a man with a gun and then stole his property on Humboldt Street on Sept. 15.

The victim told police that he was between Withers and Frost streets on his way home from the L train station at 10:45 pm when the robber ran at him.

“I have a gun,” the robber said. “Where is your computer?”

The victim handed over his iPhone, leather briefcase, and his debit card. The crook told him to run north on Humboldt while the robber ran south. The victim tracked his phone to Scholes and Humboldt streets, but after that, the robber shut the phone tracker off.

Sharp edges

Three thugs robbed a man at knifepoint on Kingsland Avenue on Sept. 15.

The victim told police that he was between Driggs and Meeker aveues at 11:42 pm when the three men surrounded him. They put a knife in his face and stole his iPhone, headphones, backpack, and credit card.

— Danielle Furfaro