UNTO ASHES: The blaze burned for hours inside the Emmanuel Episcopal Church on E. 23rd
Street before fi refi ghters brought it under control. A previous fi re destroyed the house of
worship’s parish hall in 2007. FDNY
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BY COLIN MIXSON
Cops on Nov. 28 cuffed the man
whom they suspect raped a 59-yearold
woman at gunpoint near the
Prospect Park Parade Ground last
month.
Police slapped the 28-year-old
suspect, who lives
in Queens, with
charges that included
two counts of
rape, strangulation,
sexual abuse, and
unlawful imprisonment,
according to
authorities.
The victim told police the man
on Nov. 18 grabbed her on Parkside
Avenue near Parade Place at 4 am,
warning her he was armed with a
knife and a gun.
The suspect then shoved the
woman against a parked van before
dragging her behind a bench, where
he raped her, according to cops.
Following the rape, the man allegedly
smashed a window of the
van and then entered it with the victim,
whom he unsuccessfully tried
to sexually assault again while inside,
according to authorities, who
said the guy stole $10 from the woman’s
purse and fl ed after his failed
second attempt.
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
An inferno almost completely destroyed
a more than century-old Sheepshead
Bay church after burning inside
the house of worship for hours after
midnight on Nov. 29.
Some 140 members of New York’s
Bravest in 33 trucks rushed to the
Emmanuel Episcopal Church on
E. 23rd Street at 12:30 am as fl ames
tore through the two-story holy site
between Jerome and Voorhies avenues,
according to a Fire Department
spokesman.
Firefi ghters deemed the inferno
a three-alarm blaze and battled the
fl ames for roughly two hours before
getting them under control around 2:17
am, according to the spokesman, who
said the incident injured no one.
And it’s not the fi rst time fl ames
consumed the church formerly known
as St. Matthias Chapel, which dates to
1895. In 2007, an inferno ravaged its
parish hall, according to the church’s
website.
The recent confl agration’s cause
is unknown, according to authorities,
who said the Fire Marshal is investigating
the incident.
Messages seeking comment from
the church’s leaders could not be left,
because the house of worship’s answering
machine was full when this
reporter called on Nov. 29.
Overnight
fi re ravages
Bay church
Man cuffed for
rape near park
CAUGHT: The
suspect. NYPD