A Brooklyn nonprofit group lost $59,000 in City Council grants after a probe found that the organization’s leader had tried to give a school principal and a custodian gifts to win their support for his after-school program.

Mayor Bloomberg yanked five council grants to the Friends United Youth Center after a report by the city Department of Education found extensive problems with the program at PS 114 in Canarsie.

The report said the group’s president, Gardy Brazela, let students roam freely from dismissal at 2:50 p.m. until the start of the program at 3 p.m.

After PS 114 Principal Anita Prashad spoke to Brazela about her concerns over the 10-minute lag, he offered her a duffel bag full of knockoff pocketbooks, which she returned. Brazela also tried giving the school custodian $250, but the gift was refused.