Manhattan
A bank-robbery suspect passed a demand note to a teller at an Upper East Side branch but fled empty-handed, authorities said.
He walked into the Citibank branch on Madison Avenue near East 91st Street just after 6 p.m. last Thursday and slipped the staffer the note, cops said.
The teller rebuffed the demand and the nervous suspect bolted, police said.
The suspect, believed to be in his mid-30s, stands about 6 feet tall and weighs about 160 pounds.
He was last seen wearing a black baseball cap, a white T-shirt, black shorts and black sneakers, according to law-enforcement authorities.
Two teens attempted but failed to rob a fisherman at the point of a fillet knife on the East Side, cops said.
The victim was fishing near East River Park at East 18th Street at 11:30 p.m. Monday when the menacing punks walked up and demanded his bicycle, police said.
The intrepid fisherman refused, menaced them right back, then dialed 911, cops said.
The would-be thieves fled on foot but cops caught them on East 10th Street, police added.
Tyheem Menardy, 16, and Miguel Acosta, 17, were charged with attempted robbery, cops said.
Menardy was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon, authorities cops said.
The 16-year-old’s rap sheet also lists an alleged cellphone robbery of a Bronx woman at East 167th Street and Webster Avenue on Aug. 6. That case is in the court system.
Acosta has also been arrested several times, sources said.
A menacing robber tried to panhandle from two men hanging out at the South Street Seaport, then dropped any pretense and strong-armed them into giving up their valuables, law-enforcement sources said.
The hulking suspect approached a 20-year-old man and his 21-year-old pal on a stairwell at the corner of Front and Fulton streets at about 7:30 p.m. last Wednesday and “asked” for cash from one of the men, sources added.
He grabbed a money clip and a phone, then demanded money from the second victim, sources said.
In all, the thief made off with $1,185 worth of valuables, including $370 in cash and two iPhones, sources said.
The victims were not injured.
The suspect was described as 6-foot-5 and 220 pounds with long, black hair and brown eyes.
The Bronx
A suspect wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball cap ripped off a neck chain in Soundview, cops said.
The victim was on Harrod Avenue near East 173rd Street at about 4:20 p.m. on Aug. 13 when the suspect grabbed the chain and fled, according to police.
He is believed to be in his early 20s, standing approximately 5-foot-10, cops said.
Three suspects robbed a woman at gunpoint in her Claremont apartment, authorities said.
The armed goons forced their way into the 25-year-old victim’s home near East 170th Street at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 17, cops said.
The crooks made off with $177 and an iPad, police said.
The victim was not injured, officials said.
Brooklyn
A silverware burglar has hit at least eight Borough Park homes since June and made off with $230,000 worth of fine dinnerware, police said.
The suspect targeted homes between 40th and 50th streets and last struck at about 3 p.m. on Aug. 11, cops said.
In each case, he climbed through a rear window, grabbed silverware and fled, according to police.
The crook was seen on video surveillance during an Aug. 7 burglary.