A 45-year-old Jersey City woman was robbed by three boys Downtown at 10 p.m. Sunday, officials said yesterday.

The woman told police the boys, who she said appeared to be from 15 to 17 years old, were in front of 97 Bright Street and when she walked past, one of them pointed a handgun at her and shoved her, a police report says.

The robber snatched the Jersey Avenue woman's purse containing $20 and all three boys walked away heading north on Varick Street, the report says.

The victim told police the boy with the gun was wearing all black clothing and a black hat with white lettering on it, the report says.

On Fifth Street, about 10 blocks away, a man was robbed by gunpoint by three boys

on Friday night.



Anyone with information on either robbery is asked to call the Jersey City police tip line at (201) 547-JAIL.