Bandits hold NYC smoke shop at gunpoint, steal $600 as crimes plague similar stores

 Bandits hold NYC smoke shop at gunpoint, steal $600 as crimes plague similar stores

The six masked men barged into Queens Convenience and Tobacco at 21-08 31st Street in Astoria shortly after midnight as the 19-year-old was closing up, according to cops and the clerk.

A Queens smoke shop was knocked over by an armed crew this week  the latest in a plague of “terrifying” robberies targeting similar storefronts across the Big Apple.
The six masked men barged into Q…