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Cops released surveillance images of three of the four men wanted for the carjacking of an Uber driver in Crown Heights.

Police said these three men summoned the 29-year-old driver to the Albany Houses at about 5:35 a.m. Monday.

The trio had the hack bring them to Bergen Street in Downtown Brooklyn, where they picked up a fourth man before heading back to Crown Heights, cops said.

When the car was on Schenectady Avenue near Pacific Street, one of the thugs pressed a gun to the driver’s head, forced him out of his 2013 Lexus and sped off, cops said.

A bandit knocked off a Flatlands bank, but then struck out in a second attempt in Canarsie less than 90 minutes later, cops said.

The thief slipped a demand note to a teller at the Capital One branch on Ralph Avenue near Avenue K on Monday at about 11:40 a.m., according to police.

Authorities said the crook made off with $1,045 but wasn’t as lucky in his second attempt at a Capital One bank on Rockaway Parkway near Glenwood Road at about 1 p.m.

The robber passed a note to a teller, but was rebuffed and fled empty-handed, cops said.

The suspect has a goatee and is believed to be 26 to 38 years-old, 6-feet to 6-foot-4 and weighs about 200 pounds.

A crook is wanted for robbing a livery driver at gunpoint in East Flatbush, according to cops.

Police said the fare flagged down the car at Nostrand Avenue and Avenue X in Sheepshead Bay on Monday at about 8:30 a.m. and asked to be taken to Brownsville.

While the hack was driving, the thug pulled out a gun and demanded cash and jewelry, authorities said.

The driver forked over his valuables, and the suspect hopped out at East 92nd Street and Church Avenue, cops said.

The suspect is believed to be between 28 and 38 years old.

MANHATTAN

A man robbed a Lower East Side bank on New Year’s Eve, cops said.

The suspect walked into a Capital One branch on Bowery near Grand Street at about 2 p.m. and handed a note to the teller demanding money, cops said.

The crook, believed to be about 50 years old, then fled with $1,002 in cash, cops added.

The robber didn’t have a weapon and there were no injuries.

The suspect is about 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds.

A New York City corrections employee was busted for drunken driving early New Year’s morning after getting into a car accident on the Upper East Side, authorities said.

Julio Aviles, 32, who was off-duty at the time, crashed his 2004 black Mercedes in the vicinity of First Avenue and East 86th Street at about 4:45 a.m., cops said. According to law-enforcement sources, Aviles was staggering when he exited his vehicle.

He was charged with DWI.

It was unclear if there were any injuries in the accident.

Authorities released a sketch of a crook wanted for robbing two elderly women in their Hell’s Kitchen apartment.

The thief propped a ladder against the Trinity Presbyterian Church on West 57th Street near Ninth Avenue on Dec. 27 at about 5 p.m. and climbed onto the balcony of an adjoining apartment building, police sources said.

Once inside the victims’ apartment, the burglar confronted the housemates, 75 and 78 years old, and demanded money, according to cops.

Authorities said the gutsy 78-year-old tried to fight off the home invader, but he overpowered her, punching and kicking her before fleeing with $310.

The victims were taken to Roosevelt Hospital in stable condition.

The suspect is believed to be about 30 years old and stands 5-foot-8.

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