There was a collective sigh of relief — and good riddance — from the residents and business owners surrounding Zuccotti Park yesterday.

After two months of impenetrable barricades, aggressive panhandling, public urination and seemingly interminable drumming — locals were beaming over getting back their lives and livelihoods after cops cleared the park.

“Its a glorious day. I take my hat off to the police,” said Marc Epstein, owner of the Milk Street Cafe at 40 Wall St., two blocks from the former encampment.

“I‘m grateful to the police that they did it without any serious injury. There is a reason they are called New York’s Finest,” he said.

Epstein laid off 21 staffers two weeks ago as the raucous demonstrators coupled with necessary police barricades stifled breakfast and lunch crowds and cut his revenue by 30 percent.

(Source: NY Post)