62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Car pool
A knife man slashed some poor fellow’s face on Kings Highway on Dec. 20.
The victim told police that he was hailing a taxi near McDonald Avenue at 4:02 am, when a green cab pulled over to the curb. Inside, was another man already riding in the back seat, and, for whatever reason, when the victim said he didn’t want to share a cab, the passenger stepped out and slashed his face, cops said.
Afterwards, the assailant jumped back in the taxi and the driver sped off, according to police.
Have a beer
Cops busted a 25-year-old man who they say threw a bottle and a knife at a bicyclist on 20th Avenue on Dec. 17.
The victim told police he was near 74th Street at 9 pm when the suspect hurled a glass bottle his way. Fortunately, the bottle missed, and the cyclist pulled over to confront his attacker, who promptly took up a knife and then threw that at him, cops said.
Again, the knife missed, and the cyclist went and found some cops, who arrested the suspect after the victim identified him, according to police.
Stickup
A gunman robbed a man on Benson Avenue on Dec. 20, taking his phone.
The victim told police that he was between Bay 10th and Bay 11th streets at 10 pm, when the suspect crept up behind him and stuck a gun to his back.
The victim handed over what he had, which amounted to his cellphone and a MetroCard, before the fiend pointed him in a direction and told him to start walking, cops said.
The miscreant then ducked into a black car, and peeled off heading south on Bay 10th Street, according to police.
Put that in your pipe
A burglar stole pipes and a water meter from a Van Sicklen Avenue home that was under renovation on Dec. 20.
The victim told police that the thief snuck into the home between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue at 9 am, breaking through a window in the basement.
Inside, the crook nabbed all the copper pipes he could carry, plus a water meter for good measure, cops said.
Handy man
A crook ransacked a commercial truck parked along Bay Parkway on Dec. 19, taking tools.
The victim told police that he left his truck between Bath and Benson avenues at 4 pm, and returned later to find the back had been cleaned out.
Mystery meat
A crook looted a Cropsey Avenue restaurant on Dec. 18, although nobody’s sure if he took anything.
The victim told police that the thief broke through a rear door of the eatery between Bay 40th and Bay 41st streets at 6:55 am, and fled — with something — through a side door.
— Colin Mixson
