BROOKLYN

* A 24-year-old man shot twice in East Flatbush has died, police said yesterday.

Desmond Bennett was shot at Rutland Road and East 91st Street about 11 p.m. Monday by an unidentified assailant who approached him and opened fire.

Bennett was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he later died.

* A man and his wife have been arrested for slashing each other with a box-cutter in their Starrett City home, authorities said yesterday.

Venessa Wilson, 34, told cops she got into a heated argument with her husband Christopher, 43, in their Freeport Loop residence at 8:30 a.m. Monday.

She said Christopher shoved her, then pulled out a box-cutter, put it to the back of her neck and cut her.

He then cut himself because he was afraid he’d be arrested and wanted to blame her, she said.

But Christopher told police that Venessa produced the box-cutter and slashed his neck, inflicting a wound that required 60 stitches. He said he then grabbed it away from her and put it to her neck, causing a minor cut.

It was not immediately clear what they were fighting over. The two were charged with assault, menacing and weapons possession.

* Three men were arrested for brutally beating a man outside an illegal social club in Bath Beach, authorities said yesterday.

The violence began at 11 p.m. on Nov. 15, when Besnik Bushati, the owner of the Albanian Social Club at 8604 19th Ave., asked a 39-year-old patron to come upstairs, police sources said.

When they reached the top of the stairs, Bushati allegedly kicked the patron in the face, causing him to tumble down the stairs.

Two other men, Blendi Hoxha, 30, and Florian Bequiri, 24, were also present and pummeled the victim before dragging him outside, cops said.

The three suspects then allegedly began clubbing the victim with metal objects, while kicking and punching him.

It was not immediately clear what sparked the attack. The victim suffered a broken shoulder bone, two broken ribs and two broken fingers.

When police arrested the three men at the social club on Monday they reported finding gambling devices.

All three suspects were charged with assault.

Bushati also was charged with promoting gambling.

* Three muggers were arrested for robbing a man of his cash on a subway train in Downtown Brooklyn, authorities said yesterday.

Jamel Allen, 24, Sheline Stevens, 18 and Alexander Frazier, 19, confronted a 22-year-old man on a train as it was arriving at Atlantic Avenue station at 2:45 a.m. Monday, police sources said.

One of the assailants allegedly swiped the magazine the victim was reading, demanded his money and threatened to kill him. Another mugger allegedly snatched the victim’s bag and looked through it, but came up empty-handed.

Stevens then ordered the victim to fork over everything he had, and the victim handed over $51, sources said.

When the train pulled into Atlantic Avenue, the victim saw two officers on the platform and told them what happened.

The officers promptly arrested the three suspects, charging them with robbery and grand larceny.

The victim was not injured and cops recovered the money.

THE BRONX

* A man was stabbed and critically injured yesterday by an assailant who accosted him outside a Parkchester apartment building, cops said.

Police did not know what sparked the violence, which took place at 2:20 a.m. outside the building on Westchester Avenue near Mulford Avenue.

Cops arrested Frankie Ramos, 24, and charged him with assault.

The wounded man was rushed to Jacobi Hospital.

STATEN ISLAND

* A man has been arrested for attacking his girlfriend and damaging her property after breaking into her Fox Hills apartment, authorities said yesterday.

Police sources said Sirleaf Forkpa, 24, somehow managed to enter the Park Hill Avenue apartment through the locked windows and doors at about 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 25.

He then allegedly kicked his girlfriend in the chest, causing bruises.

Police sources said Forkpa then smashed a window and shattered a TV.

He was arrested Monday and charged with burglary, assault and criminal mischief.