New York- A cross-dressing court clerk was found dead yesterday, holding a sex toy and bound with women’s pantyhose inside his Queens apartment, police sources said.

Nicholas Diolosa, 46, died of an apparent drug overdose inside the basement apartment on 123rd St. in College Point, the sources said.

Diolosa, a senior criminal court clerk, was wearing a bra and panties and heroin was near his body when his girlfriend found him about 10 a.m., the sources said.

“Sometimes good people get involved in bad things,” said his brother, John Diolosa, 44.

Several neighbors acknowledged hearing Nicholas Diolosa screaming between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m., but no one called police.

“We thought to call the cops, but then everything got so quiet,” said Peter Gouvadsos, who lives on the second floor.

Neighbors said they had heard Diolosa screaming on other days, including a recent midmorning rant in which he yelled: “I hate my life!”

Diolosa, a former Marine and father of three who had who worked for the courts for 22 years, was in the midst of his second divorce, his landlord said.

“This is very surprising,” said neighbor Maria Goubadsos, 34. “He looked like a very macho man.”