Nail Salon Robbery Not Tied to 7-Eleven Hold-Ups, Police Say

The perpetrators of a daytime robbery of a  on Tuesday are likely not connected to a recent string of gunpoint stick-ups in Bayside.

The robbers entered Coco Nail Spa, located at 245-14 Horace Harding Expy. in Little Neck around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday demanding money, police said.

Two to three suspects are being sought for the Little Neck holdup.

On Monday morning, a gun-wielding man wearing a black mask robbed a 7-Eleven at 218-01 Northern Blvd. around 4:21 a.m., police said. 

 was the second of two armed robberies of Bayside 7-Eleven stores this month.

"We don't think it's the same guy[s]," said 111th Precinct Lieutenant Dan Heffernan, adding, "We think there might be a Nassau connection with that," referring to the salon robbery.

Two suspects are also being sought for a  located at 221-28 Horace Harding Expy.

While there has been an increase in similar crimes compared to the same period in 2009, there is typically an increase in robberies during the onset of winter.

"It's the haves and the have-nots," Heffernan said. "The have-nots feel left out and they have to have."

This year there have been 11 compared to four robberies last year in the same 28-day span last year, according to Heffernan. "These armed robberies are definitely a concern to us."

An arrest was made in September in connection with a string of heists in the area.

Four suspects were  earlier this month on charges stemming from a citywide spate of at least 20 robberies in Queens, Brooklyn and The Bronx, including an incident at the earlier-hit Bayside 7-Eleven, located at 202-15 Northern Blvd.

The 111th Precinct is focusing efforts on stores opened late along Northern Boulevard and the Horace Harding Expressway.