3 men take $1,500 from Melrose bodega during armed robbery

The men entered a bodega on Courtlandt Avenue on Oct. 5 with a gun and threatened a 27-year-old man.

Caithlin Pena

Oct 8, 2025, 10:08 AM

Updated 8 hr ago

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Three men are wanted by the authorities for robbing a bodega at gunpoint in Melrose.
Police say the men entered a bodega on Courtlandt Avenue on Oct. 5 with a gun and threatened a 27-year-old man. Two of the men jumped over the counter and took $1,500 from the cash register.
All three escaped toward East 151st Street. No one was injured during the incident.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).