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The gas station featured in the Daily News yesterday quickly dropped the price of a gallon of gas by over 60 cents:

A gas station under the Brooklyn Bridge slashed its prices by over 60 cents yesterday — thanks to the Daily News’ revelation yesterday that it was charging an extraordinary $4.50 a gallon for premium.

“I came down here to take a look and was ready to scream at the people who work here,” said Nancy Gossard, 56, who lives nearby in Brooklyn Heights. “This just reeks of price gouging.”

The new prices at the Gulf station on Old Fulton St. now range from $3.50 a gallon of regular gasoline for cash-paying drivers to $3.89 a gallon for credit card customers who want premium.

Though those prices are still far higher than most nearby station – which top out around $3.20 — they were still dramatically less than the day before, when the cheapest gallon of regular gas still cost $4.14 for cash.

But that did little to assuage the anger of New Yorkers who felt that the small station was trying to rip off its customers.

“I try to avoid this place because it’s always high but sometimes I have no choice,” said Barry Lu, 38, who pulled up to the pump but stepped back into his Honda Civic without filling after glancing at the prices.

“But I’ll boycott this place now, I’ll never come back,” he said.

But don’t call it price gouging:

One customer winced as she put nearly $40 of regular gas into her Chevrolet minivan but only laughed when asked if she blamed the Gulf station for the hit to her wallet.

“It’s not these guys’ fault, it’s the oil companies, this war in Iraq, and this President,” said Mary Teague, 45, of Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. “This is capitalism at its most perverse.”