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Brooklyn curmudgeon so upset about hipster noise he made more than 400 phony calls to cops

Hey! Hipsters! Shut the hell up!

A middle-aged Brooklyn curmudgeon was so livid about the hordes of hipsters creating a racket on his block that he made more than 400 phony calls to cops — and once claimed that there was an explosion at a bustling subway station, police said.

Louis Segna, 51, a single, lifelong resident of Williamsburg, often griped about noise at community-precinct meetings, police added.

But cops never realized until recently that he was behind the flurry of unfounded 911 calls, which began about two years ago.

On Sunday, Deputy Inspector Terence Hurson was working the midnight tour at the 94th Precinct when two strange calls came in.

First, his cops rushed to Bedford Avenue near North Seventh Street — close to where Segna lives — to check out a report of a large disorderly group fighting.

When they arrived, all was quiet, Hurson said.

One officer stayed behind to safeguard the scene when another 911 call came in for gunshots at the same corner.

Not a single bullet had been fired, Hurson added.

Hurson later listened to a recording of the 911 call, and said he recognized Segna’s distinctive voice and speech impediment.

“I could just tell it was him. I’ve spoken to him about a dozen times, mostly noise-related,” he said.

Police tracked the cell number to Segna, and were shocked to find it had been responsible for 403 prank calls over the past two years.

Segna came clean when he was arrested Thursday.

“[He] admitted to fabricating some stories to get us there faster,” said Hurson. “And he admitted to us, ‘It’s the only way I can get you guys to come.’ ”

Segna was charged with reckless endangerment, aggravated harassment and making false reports. He allegedly had a gravity knife and was hit with weapons possession.

While Segna usually called cops to report gunshots, disorderly groups or officers in need of assistance, he took it too far on Sept. 1, said Hurson.

That day, Segna allegedly called and claimed there had been an explosion at the oft-crowded Bedford Avenue subway station.

“He’s crazy, not just a little crazy like people in Williamsburg, but he’s nuts,” said a local shopkeeper.

A woman noted that Segna always bangs on his apartment floor inside the building he owns at 167 North Seventh St., just above the Swedish coffee shop Konditori, about any little noise.

For the most part, though, cops considered the 6-foot, 300-pound Segna more of a “gentle giant” than a menace.

Mostly, he would whine about loud people talking outside, particularly at night, Hurson said.

Segna would usually whine about the loudness of people talking outside, particularly at night. But it’s not his first run-in with the law. He was busted in the early ’90s for having homemade explosive devices at the same Williamsburg address, as well as a rifle, court papers state.

He was also arrested in March last year for menacing and criminal mischief, records show.

Additional reporting by Kevin Sheehan