CROWN HEIGHTS — A man held a 27-year-old woman up at gunpoint, stole the keys to her SUV and then drove off with the car last Friday, police said.
The woman and her boyfriend were walking out of a rear entry to her apartment building on Union Street near Nostrand Avenue around 4:30 a.m. when the suspect approached them and flashed the handgun, police said.
The suspect demanded the woman hand over the keys to her car, a 2001 Ford Expedition SUV, which was parked on the block.
The woman handed over the keys and the man then got into the vehicle and drove away, turning right on Nostrand Avenue.
There have been no arrests in the robbery, and police said they have not identified any suspects.
Other notable crimes in this week’s blotter from the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and East Flatbush include:
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► Two men were robbed of their Beats headphones in separate incidents this week. On May 25 around 11:00 a.m., a 21-year-old victim was walking along Crown Street between Bedford and Rogers avenues when a man came up behind him, punched him in the back of the head and grabbed the $130 headphones. The next day at 8:30 a.m., a 17-year-old walking to school on Nostrand Avenue between President and Carroll streets was approached by an unknown man who threatened him and demanded the victim's Beats headphones. The young man handed them over and the man fled on foot.
► A 32-year-old man told police he was walking along Utica Avenue between Midwood Street and Rutland Road around 3:00 p.m. on May 25 when an unknown man walked up and stabbed him in the right thigh. The victim was treated for minor injuries. The suspect fled south on Utica Avenue and has not been apprehended.
► A 25-year-old food delivery man was assaulted and robbed while on the job on May 26, police said. The man was delivering food to 811 Crown St. between Utica Avenue and Ford Street when two unknown men came up to him, struck him in the head with a glass bottle and took his wallet containing $160 in cash and a MetroCard.
► A 36-year-old man was arrested for cutting another man’s face with a broken beer bottle during an assault on May 28, according to police. The victim, a 32-year-old man, exited a cab at Nostrand Avenue and Empire Boulevard around 2:00 a.m. and walked north on the avenue. Soon after, the assailant came up to him with a broken Corona beer bottle and slashed his face. The victim was taken to Kings County Hospital for treatment. Police arrested the 36-year-old soon afterwards.
► A 28-year-old man reported that six pairs of designer sneakers and electronics were stolen out of his storage unit on Empire Boulevard. The man told police he entered the unit at 200 Empire Blvd. around 12 p.m. on May 28 and found $2,770 of property missing, including a Playstation, laptop, three pairs of Air Jordans, one pair of Air Force Ones and two other pairs of Nikes. The man said he had visited the unit three days before told police everything was present at that time.
