An off-duty NYPD cop pulled his gun on a bicyclist he nearly collided with in Greenwich Village, the rider said yesterday.
But the officer has told investigators that the only thing he pulled was his police ID, sources said.
Ryan Stepka, 36, told The Post that he placed his arm on the window of a black Volkswagen GTI that almost swerved into him at around 11 p.m. Saturday on Bleecker Street near Sixth Avenue.
The car was being driven by Officer Joe Carrasco, 29, of the 28th Precinct, law-enforcement sources said.
After the brush with Stepka, Carrasco pulled in front of him, nearly hitting him again, the cyclist said.
“I got off my bike and approached the window to talk to the guy,” said Stepka, a retail salesman.
As the car’s tinted windows rolled down, Stepka said, he saw a gun.
“The gun was pointed at my face with the guy staring at me in my eyes. He had a look of death in his eyes,” Stepka said.
“He looked me square into my eyes, like, ‘I will shoot you in the face.’ ”
Stepka said he tailed the car, then alerted two officers on the street.
“The cops all pulled out their guns and surrounded the car, but then the guy rolled his window down and showed them his badge,” he said. “Then they put their guns away.”
Carrasco has insisted to probers that he did not pull his gun, sources said.
He has been placed on modified duty while they investigate the incident.
According to the sources, the cop has said that he almost hit Stepka while trying to park and that while arguing with Stepka, he showed him his police ID.
Carrasco declined comment last night. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said only, “The matter is being investigated.”