Brooklyn

A thug attacked a friend with a fire extinguisher and kept him hostage for nearly 12 hours in a Crown Heights apartment, authorities said yesterday.

Norman Hungerford, 43, got into an argument with his 53-year-old pal over a cellphone in Hungerford’s apartment on Prospect Place near Ralph Avenue at 4 a.m. Thursday, sources said.

Hungerford allegedly grabbed the extinguisher and struck his friend in the legs and arms. He then allegedly left the apartment and locked the door. About 11 hours later, the victim found a back door, slipped out of the apartment and called police.

Hungerford was arrested later that day and charged with assault, menacing and unlawful imprisonment.

A bat-wielding motorist terrorized a livery driver during a road-rage incident in Brownsville, authorities said yesterday.

Frank Rodriguez, 45, became irate when the driver in front of him failed to move fast enough after the light turned green near Rockaway and Lott avenues at around 1:40 p.m. Thursday, cops said.

He allegedly drove up alongside the livery car, cursed at the driver and cut in front of him, preventing him from moving. Then Rodriguez jumped out with the bat and smashed the driver-side mirror of the livery cab, cops said.

Police were called and arrested Rodriguez, who was charged with menacing, reckless driving and weapon possession.

Manhattan

A mugger slugged a Virginia man during a botched knife-point robbery in Greenwich Village, cops said yesterday.

James Riddles, 48, confronted the 27-year-old man, who was chatting on a cellphone at La Guardia Place near Washington Square South at 8:50 p.m. Thursday, cops said.

Riddles allegedly hit the victim in the face, pulled a sharp metal object and demanded his wallet. Riddles fled empty-handed, but was arrested nearby on a charge of attempted robbery. The victim was not injured.

A Manhattan man was attacked as he left a Meatpacking District nightclub yesterday, police sources said.

The 20-year-old victim was stepping out of The Lounge at West 14th Street and Ninth Avenue at around 2 a.m., when he stumbled upon a fight and was struck in the head with a hard object. He was taken to New York Downtown Hospital, where he received stitches.

No one has been arrested.

A Chelsea man was arrested for pummeling a bouncer who refused to let him inside a bar, police sources said yesterday.

Daniel Menendez, 22, repeatedly punched the 48-year-old man in the face at Woody McHale’s on West 14th Street near Eighth Avenue at 2:50 a.m. Saturday, cops said.

Responding cops frisked Menendez and found pot on him, sources said. He was charged with assault and marijuana possession.

The victim suffered a minor facial laceration.

A teen beat a 14-year-old boy with a traffic cone on the Upper East Side, police sources said yesterday.

The 16-year-old boy wielded the yellow cone as he chased the victim for unknown reasons on Second Avenue near East 95th Street at 9 p.m. Saturday.

The assailant caught up to the boy and clocked him in the head with the cone, knocking out his tooth and rendering him unconscious.

The suspect was still at large last night.

Queens

A bandit has been arrested for swiping nearly $2,000 during a gunpoint robbery in a Springfield Gardens gas station, authorities said yesterday.

Neil Johnson, 25, pulled a black gun as he confronted a worker and demanded “all the money in the register” at the Shell gas station on North Conduit Avenue near 181st Place at around 7 p.m. on May 9.

The employee handed over about $1,900, and Johnson fled with the loot, cops said.

But he was tracked down on June 1 and charged with robbery.

Staten Island

A 10-year-old girl got the scare of her life when she was confronted by a burglar in her parent’s bedroom at their Silver Lake house, police sources said yesterday.

The child went into the second-floor bedroom of the residence on Howard Circle at around 11 p.m. on May 28.

She was immediately confronted by the 5-foot-10 man with a scarf wrapped around his face just below the eyes.

The thief, who had just snatched a watch from the room, placed his finger against his lips in an effort to keep her quiet. He then left the room and dashed from the house.

Police sources said the burglar gained entry by pushing in a first-floor laundry- room window.