QUEENS
* An 18-year-old man was shot in the leg yesterday after a gun-wielding assailant approached him on an Astoria street, police said.
The unidentified gunman opened fire, for reasons that were not immediately clear, at Vernon Boulevard and 21st Street before fleeing at around 9:30 a.m.
The victim was taken to Elmhurst General Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
BROOKLYN
* Two thugs slashed a woman and tossed a chemical in her face yesterday in a Williamsburg building.
The men accosted the 27-year-old victim, a legal secretary, in the Driggs Avenue building at around 10:30 a.m.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, where she was listed in stable condition.
One assailant was described as a black man, 17 to 21 years old, 5 foot 9 and 150 pounds. He was wearing a blue sports jersey and blue pants.
His cohort was described as a black man, 17 to 19 years old, 5 foot 6 and 140 pounds.
* A 21-year old man was stabbed to death by a man he fought with in Fort Greene last night, cops said. The man was stabbed in the chest in front of 99 Lafayette Ave. about 10:10 p.m.
He was taken to Brooklyn Hospital where he died about an hour later. (lcf replate)
* A Flatbush man was arrested on assault charges yesterday for allegedly shooting a 21-year-old man during an argument at an apartment building.
Gabriel Alcin, also 21, allegedly drew a gun and shot the man in the leg in the lobby of the building on Avenue D at around 1 a.m. Sunday.
The victim was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
* An 18-year-old man was arrested on assault charges yesterday after he shot an acquaintance while trying to wrest a gun from him in an East New York apartment building, police said.
Anthony Alvarez allegedly shot the 22-year- old man in the hand in a second-floor apartment on Crescent Street at around 12:30 a.m. on May 28. The victim was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
THE BRONX
* The Medical Examiner’s Office yesterday ruled a homicide the death of a 20-year-old man who was found with a head injury on a Mott Haven street.
Cops were called to Brook Avenue near East 143rd Street at around 9 p.m. Friday and discovered Marcus Gomez unconscious.
Cops suspect he was hit over the head during a robbery. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he died from his injuries the next day. No arrests have been made.
* thug tried to stab a housing inspector and spewed racial epithets at him in a Norwood apartment building, police said yesterday.
The unidentified assailant, who is white, accosted the 56-year-old victim, who is black, in a building on Mosholu Parkway South at around 11 a.m. on May 28.
He shouted the insults and attempted to stab the inspector, who blocked the blow with his clipboard. The suspect fled. The victim was not injured.
MANHATTAN
* Police are searching for eight bandits who committed three unrelated gunpoint robberies.
The first occurred on April 19, at the Discovery News Store on Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 128th Street, at around 6:45 p.m. Three men entered the store and two of them pulled guns, while the third stood by the door acting as a lookout.
One of the men pointed his pistol at an employee as the second gunman went behind the counter and stole cash.
On April 29, two other men walked into the Oasis Grocery Store at Broadway and West 99th Street at around 9:30 p.m. One of them drew a gun and pointed it a store clerk while the other jumped over the counter and stole cash.
Finally, on May 3, two men entered the Empire Market on First Avenue and East 91st Street at around 1 a.m. One of the assailants produced a gun, went behind the counter and swiped money from the register. The two were joined by a third man and fled in a livery cab.
Police are offering $2,000 rewards for information leading to the arrest of the robbers in each of the three cases.
Anyone with information can call the Crime Stoppers number below. (s, lcf)
* A thief walked into an Upper West Side bank yesterday, slipped a teller a note demanding money, and fled with more than $2,000, police said.
The robbery occurred at the Apple Bank on Broadway and West 73rd Street at around 12:30 p.m. (s, lcf)
* A 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly committing a gunpoint robbery in Washington Heights, and cops are searching for a second suspect.
On May 19 at 1 a.m., Kris Siraj and a male accomplice accosted a 25-year-old woman in an apartment building on West 172nd Street, and one of them men pulled a gun, cops said.
They allegedly demanded her money and stole her cell phone and pocketbook before fleeing.
Cops tracked down Siraj on Sunday after tracing calls he had made using the phone, police said. He was charged with robbery.