A thirsty drunk stabbed a clerk during a robbery at a Borough Park deli on New Year’s Eve, police said.
The thug (pictured above) entered the Yossi and Y liquor store on 18th Avenue at around 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, walked up to the counter and demanded vodka, according to police.
He then marched behind the counter, pulled out a small knife and sliced the clerk in the torso as the pair squared off, according to cops.
The assailant grabbed the vodka and fled, police added.
The victim was taken to Lutheran Hospital, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Staten Island
Police are hunting for a hit-and-run driver who killed a man on Staten Island.
Felipe Avila, 29, was driving his 1996 Toyota Celica north on Lafayette Avenue when a white 2003 Volvo blew a stop sign and slammed into his driver’s-side door at Cassidy Place just after 5 a.m. Wednesday, cops said.
The Volvo then plowed into a parked 1999 Dodge SUV and the driver ran off.
Avila had to be freed from the car, and died at Richmond University Hospital.
Queens
Police have arrested two thugs who tried to kill a man at a liquor store in Arverne, law-enforcement sources said.
The victim was outside L&O Liquors and Wines on Rockaway Beach Boulevard just before midnight Dec. 20 when he was struck by two bullets.
He was treated at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital for minor injuries.
Six days later, Richard Brown was arrested when cops found him carrying a loaded handgun, the sources added.
Evidence linked him to the shooting and he was charged with attempted murder the following day, cops said.
Rashawn Smalls, 20, was arrested Sunday and charged with attempted murder and gun possession in connection with the shooting.
The Bronx
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a robber who struck in three Bronx neighborhoods on Halloween and Dec. 13.
The first incident occurred at the Walgreens on Boston Road near Waring Avenue in Bronxwood at around 10 p.m. Oct. 31, when the thief (above) passed a cashier a note demanding cash.
He told the clerk he had a gun and walked out with $187, police said.
On Dec. 13 at 11:50 a.m., the thief walked into the Western Union office on East Bedford Park Boulevard near Webster Avenue and passed the clerk a demand note — saying he had a bomb, cops said.
But that clerk didn’t hand over any cash and the perpetrator fled empty-handed, according to police.
At around 10:15 p.m. the same day, he walked into the Little Caesars on East 149th Street near Southern Boulevard in the South Bronx and, again, handed a worker a note demanding cash.
The cashier handed over $340 and the robber fled, according to police.
No one was injured in any of the incidents, authorities said.
Two attackers choked a man until he passed out so they could rob him in a Fordham Heights apartment building, police said.
The thugs (above) followed the 20-year-old victim into the lobby of the building at East 182nd Street and Valentine Avenue at around 4:20 p.m. Monday, police said. They then put the victim in a chokehold until he passed out, and stole his iPod Touch, cops said.
Manhattan
A man was stabbed while standing on the coat-check line at a Midtown nightclub early New Years Day, authorities said.
The 26-year-old victim had just rung in 2014 at the Culture Club on West 39th Street and was waiting to pick up his coat when Josephine Flores, 21, jammed a penknife in his back following a dispute, authorities said.
Flores, from North Carolina, was arrested and charged with assault and possession of a weapon, cops said.
The victim was treated for minor injuries at Bellevue Hospital.