Gas, Grass Or Ass . . . How About Gas?

Pumps in Brooklyn Heights give drivers a taste of what a massive gasoline tax would look like. And drivers do not like what they see:

With pump prices rising fast, a gas station under the Brooklyn Bridge took a quantum leap into outrageousness — charging a jaw-dropping $4.50 a gallon!

That’s what the Gulf Station on Old Fulton St. in Brooklyn Heights was charging credit card customers for a gallon of premium yesterday.

A gallon of regular gas was no bargain, either, at $4.14 for cash or $4.26 on plastic.

“That’s crazy,” said Mike Charles, 49, after gawking at the astronomical rates. “I’ve never seen gas prices like that before.”

“There’s no way I’d ever pay that much,” he added. “I don’t care how badly I needed gas.”

Around the city, motorists were bracing for prices to crest at $3, a figure the Brooklyn station left in the dust.

A Daily News reporter spent nearly 90 minutes outside the station yesterday evening before a driver finally decided to fork over an exorbitant amount of dough for some fuel.

“I had no other options,” said Carey Macaleer, 29, as she paid a whopping $49.16 to fill up her navy blue Subaru Outback. “I’m virtually empty and I’m going to Westchester.”