Metro

Cops rescue baby skunks from subway station

New York’s Finest rescued two of New York’s stinkiest — a pair of wayward baby skunks — from the Castle Hill subway station in The Bronx, police said Friday.

The little stinkers were spotted at the 6-train station on Westchester Avenue before Sgt. Carlos Bernard, and his Bronx transit cops saved the critters with the help of an MTA worker.

An NYPD transit chief took to Twitter Friday to make light of their “sniff and rescue” mission.

“Lost on the way to the Bronx Zoo,” Chief Joseph Fox wrote. “Our officers helped these 2 ‘odor-able’ striped kittens.”

He also tweeted a picture of the two furballs huddling close in a cardboard box.

“It’s a wonder we got the one photo,” Fox marveled, applauding his colleagues for protecting the critters. “Credit Sgt Carlos Bernard & team for the save & getting far closer than I would have . . . Just another day in the Big Apple.”

No trains were delayed as cops transported the baby skunks in a box on Sunday, MTA sources said. They were brought to a vet’s office to be evaluated.

The daytime skunk sighting was unusual as the malodorous mammals usually come out at night, according to the Parks ­Department.

Run-ins with the scavengers are reportedly on the rise around the city, with residents near parks like Inwood, Fort Tryon and Ferry Point complaining more and more about the cat-sized animals tearing through garbage and spraying dogs.

“The skunk population has grown and spread,” wrote a blogger for NewYorkNatives.com.

The Parks Department said the furry fiends aren’t going anywhere — they’re as New York as yellow cabs.

“Skunks are native New Yorkers,” a Parks spokesman said. “They’re a part of NYC wildlife.”