A Thanksgiving Day electrical fire that started in a manhole on a Brooklyn street quickly engulfed a vehicle parked above it — then caused flames to erupt in a fourth-floor apartment in a nearby building, FDNY officials said Thursday. The two-alarm blaze began in a manhole on Remsen St. near Hicks St. in Brooklyn Heights…
Cops have arrested the man they say swiped a $3,000 gold-plated rose from a 9/11 memorial at a Midtown church. Members of the NYPD’s Manhattan Warrant Squad grabbed Deikel Alcantara, 21, for Wednesday’s theft at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi on W. 31st St. near Seventh Ave., down the block from Penn Station, cops said….
A 48-year-old homeless man died early Thursday after he caught fire on a Gramercy street, officials said. Cops and firefighters were called to the corner of E. 16th St. and Rutherford Place about 2:30 a.m. where they found the victim ablaze, officials said. Firefighters put out the fire and the man died at the scene,…