Police issued a community alert following a string of armed robberies in Albany Park and Irving Park. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Erica Demarest

ALBANY PARK — A string of recent robberies in which victims were held up at gunpoint has prompted a community alert from police.

The incidents occurred between Nov. 9 and Nov. 15 in Albany Park, Avondale and Irving Park, according to police.

Victims were approached on the street by one or two men, who pointed a handgun and demanded the individual's property.

The suspects are described black males, 18 to 20 years old, between five-foot-seven and six-foot-one, weighing 150-170 pounds. They wore dark colored clothing at the time of the robberies, police said.

The incident times and locations:

• Nov. 9, 3800 block of North Hamlin Avenue, 1:30 a.m.

• Nov. 9, 4600 block of North Pulaski Road, 9:30 a.m.

• Nov. 12, 2700 block of West Wilson Avenue, 10 p.m.

• Nov. 15, 3300 block of North Avers Avenue, 12:15 a.m.

Anyone with information about these robberies should call detectives at (312) 744-8263.

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