#They’re set to strike when NY lifts ban on bowling alleys Monday

New York City bowling alleys Sunday were preparing to reopen with no time to spare, as the state lifts its coronavirus ban on them Monday.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that he would allow bowling alleys in the state to reopen after the weekend — sending owners into a joyful panic and players set to strike.

“The phone is ringing off the hook!’’ Mike Rudy, owner of the FunFest NY bowling alley in Mill Basin, Brooklyn, told The Post of customers eager to get reservations for the first time since the state shutdown in mid-March.

He said some players became so desperate for their bowling fix over the past few months that they would call “begging us to sneak in the back door so they can bowl.’’

The new health-safety rules at FunFest include only one group for every two lanes — with them blocked off from surrounding lanes with plastic sheets.

“We [also] will be closing the lanes for 30 minutes between each group that bowls so we can sanitize the balls, clean the buttons and clean the chairs,’’ said Rudy, 65.

“I want people to feel safe. I know if they feel safe and comfortable, they will come back,’’ he said.

“It has been so hard [being closed],’’ the owner said. “We owe over $300,000 to the landlord — and that’s not including taxes.”

Ecstatic FunFest bowler Scott Occhiogrosso, 48, told The Post, “We all just have the gleam back in our eye knowing that it’s going to be open.

“There is something so beautiful about watching someone bowl that is good at it,’’ he said.

“ I love bringing my kids too and watching them fall in love with the game.’’

Bowler Ron Pitts, 56, said, “I feel that it’s absolutely safe to come back and bowl.

“You can bowl with a mask on,’’ he said, noting the state requirement amid the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

“If I could bowl every single day, I would.’’

Chris Mitchell, CEO of Better Off Bowling, a co-ed social bowling league that joins adults together to play, said, “People are more than eager to get back on the lanes’’ — especially in New York City.

“You can only do so much swiping and Netflix’’ during lockdown, he said.

“People are just really craving this connection and community and fun activities they can do with their friends.

“Nobody wants to be Florida,’’ Mitchell said, referring to that state’s spike in virus cases.

But bowling “is a sport where there is no contact, people aren’t breathing hard, people aren’t sweating.’’

The opening of bowling alleys in New York comes as Cuomo’s office Sunday reported 7 million coronavirus diagnostic tests have now been administered across the state — and that New York marked its ninth consecutive day with a positivity rate below 1 percent.

Museums, other cultural sites and aquariums in the state have been cleared for reopening Aug. 24.