the NYPD

It wasn't immediately clear what sparked the fire in 20 W. 13th St., officials said.

The woman was found outside 343 Seventh Ave. on April 25 and died Thursday, police said.

A man snatched a German tourist's purse before beating her as she lay on the ground, video shows.

The men tried to use the fraudulent card to purchase goods in an East 163rd Street market. 

The gun buyback will be on Saturday at Mount Sinai United Christian Church from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The victim was trying to pay for her meal when the two got into an argument, police said.

The suspect also slashed one of the victim's tires during the argument Tuesday night, police said.

David Green, 33, turned himself in to authorities on May 2, police said. 

The man started rubbing the woman after getting on the train at Columbus Circle, police said.

Souleymane Porgo, 53, was beaten unconscious in front of his kids for stopping a thief, friends said.

A man and a woman stole the victim's wallet and $800 in the midnight attack, police said.

The man also tried to steal 15 packs of Newport cigarettes and 19 packs of Orbit gum, police said.

A 28-year-old man was shot in a building on Gates Avenue Wednesday afternoon. 

Police questioned and released Zire King in Jaqueline Dicks' murder before video disproved his story.

Joe Ottomanelli turned himself in to authorities and is facing hate crime charges, police said.