Brooklyn
A gang of at least 10 men beat four people during robberies in Sunset Park.
The victims, all men in their mid-20s to 30s were on Second Avenue and 46th Street Sunday at about 4:20 a.m. when the crew approached them, cops said.
The suspects kicked and beat the victims before leaving them bloodied on the street. The thugs then robbed the men of their iPhones, cash and other personal items, cops said.
The crooks fled in a Nissan Maxima going northbound on Second Avenue, cops said.
The NYPD has released a sketch of one suspect.
The Bronx
An thief burglarized a Catholic group that helps children find foster homes and provides other community services in University Heights, officials said.
The suspect was caught on video surveillance after smashing a glass window partition at the Catholic Guardian Services, on Grand Concourse and East 175th Street on Aug. 6, cops said.
Once inside, he swiped two laptops and fled, according to police.
A woman stole a shopper’s purse from an unattended cart at a Heartland Village supermarket, authorities said.
The 45-year-old victim was at the Pathmark on Richmond Avenue near Yukon Avenue on Aug. 11 at 3:30 p.m. when she briefly turned away from her cart, according to cops.
The thief grabbed the bag containing $650 and fled, police said.
The suspect was last seen wearing a red shirt and black pants.
Manhattan
A thief swiped a $10,000 drawing by a famous 19th-century artist from an elderly man’s storage in Chelsea, sources said.
The 85-year-old victim put the work by Dante Gabriel Rossetti into a basement storage area on June 15 and reported it missing on Saturday.
The NYPD’s Major Case squad is investigating the disappearance of the piece by Rossetti, who was known for his influence on symbolism and the Aesthetic movement.
Many of his paintings and drawings feature women with mythological and spiritual surroundings.
An irate customer smashed the door of a Midtown diner during an early morning tirade, police said.
Nicholas Angarano, 20, caused more than $250 worth of damage after punching and kicking a glass door at the Skylight Diner on West 34th Street Saturday at about 3:45 a.m., sources said.
He was arrested and charged with criminal mischief.
An Aussie tourist left a backpack full of valuables worth more than $2,000 on the subway.
He was riding the No. 1 train from Columbus Circle and left his Nike bag on the train at the 28th Street station on Aug. 19 at about 1 p.m., sources said.
The bag contained an Olympus camera, a Nikon camera, a pair of Ray-Bans, $200 in cash and clothing.
A package containing more than $1,600 worth of Neiman Marcus clothing was swiped from a Chelsea apartment building.
The package, mailed to a 28-year-old woman by her mom from Texas, was delivered on July 15 by a postal worker who left it in the hallway of the West 15th Street building sometime between noon and 2 p.m., sources said.
Last Saturday, the victim realized the package never arrived, found out it had been delivered more than a month ago and reported the theft to police.
A young tourist was robbed at Port Authority Bus Terminal, police said.
The 19-year-old woman, visiting from England, ran into a scammer who offered to show her to her hotel Sunday at 1:15 a.m., cops said.
When they stepped outside, she informed the man she did not want to follow him — and he snatched her bag, took $425 in cash and threw her purse into the street before fleeing, police said.
A woman claims she was hit in the face by a livery driver during an argument in Chelsea, sources said.
The angry hack slugged the 23-year-old customer several times and shoved her Saturday at about 1 a.m. The victim was unable to provide cops a description of the driver.