Police were called to the building on Queens Blvd. near 62nd Ave. in Rego Park just before 12:55 p.m. after residents reported a foul odor.

“It smelled for at least two weeks,” said one resident, who did not provide her name. “It got a little stronger, maybe because it got warmer.”

The person’s body was found in bushes underneath scaffolding and was so badly decomposed, it was not immediately clear if it was a man or a woman.

“I could smell it just passing by, I was thinking it was a dead rat or something like that,” said a resident who only identified himself as Jerry. “I’ve been in this building 27 years and I’ve never seen something like that.”

The city Medical Examiner will determine how the person died.

Firefighters were called to Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompei Church on Seigel St. near McKibben Court in Bushwick just before 1:50 p.m., police said.

Fire officials on the scene late Sunday afternoon said about 150 people were attending Mass when they smelled smoke and called 911.

“There was a Mass happening at that time,” said the woman, who did not want to be named. “We saw the smoke, and everybody went out.”

As firefighters worked to knock down the flames in the neighboring rectory of the church, witnesses told the Daily News that a priest ran into the church and emerged several minutes later carrying the consecrated host and a chalice wrapped in cloth.

Firefighters working inside were met with such heavy flames and dangerous conditions that a lieutenant fell from the second floor to the first when the floor underneath him gave out, FDNY Assistant Chief Michael Meyers said at a news briefing.

“To show the strength and tenacity and determination of our firefighters, they gave the Mayday for him, [and] he didn’t realize that the Mayday was for him so he bounced up off the floor,” Meyers said. “[He] came in and wanted to run back up the stairs to address the Mayday issue not realizing that the Mayday was himself.”

Six people suffered minor injuries in the blaze, including three firefighters. Four of those injured were treated on the scene, and two were taken to area hospitals.

“I’m happy to report, Easter Sunday … nobody with any life-threatening injuries at this time,” said FDNY First Deputy Commissioner Joseph Pfeifer.

Alex Alive, 33, is charged with two counts of murder for the March 17 deaths in the four-story building on Bay 29th St. near Bath Ave. in Bath Beach, according to cops.

Firefighters discovered the lifeless men in an apartment where a couch had been set on fire, authorities said.

One of the men suffered a gunshot wound to the head and the other died of smoke inhalation, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said at a news briefing last week.

Police are still working to identify the victims.

“This location is known as a hangout for Russian males, who go there, hang out and drink,” Kenny said.  “The tenant of record is a male 61 years old. We have not found him yet, so he may be one of our victims.”

“He is a really peaceful guy,” a friend of the leaseholder told the Daily News after the fire. “He’s not violent, He doesn’t fight with anybody.

“He welcomed people into his apartment, but other people abuse him all the time,” the friend said of the tenant. “He never make problems, other people all the time, they make problems in his apartment.”

The man, who asked not to be identified, called his friend the evening of the fire and was told Alive was at the apartment.

“He said [Alive is] sleeping,” the friend recounted. “I said, ‘What are you doing with Alex?’ Because they don’t like each other.”

The friend said he severed ties with Alive after being assaulted by him, adding that Alive is a violent alcoholic and drug user.

“Alex only beat women and men that were smaller than him,” the friend said.

Alive has seven prior arrests for assault and criminal possession of a weapon, according to cops. He lives half a mile from the building that burned, according to cops.

Police do not believe there are any other suspects involved in the slayings.

As Alive was led from the NYPD’s 62nd Precinct stationhouse Monday, the suspected murderer claimed he’s “not guilty.”

“I did not do it!” Alive shouted.

Firefighters were called to the four-story building on Bay 29th St. near Bath Ave. in Bath Beach just after 6:45 p.m., according to the FDNY.

A man running down the stairs to escape the building passed by an apartment, where he believes he saw a man engulfed in flames.

“He had a blue shirt, there was full-on fire across his face,” said Kervens Jasmin, 25, told the Daily News. “I’m not sure if the fire was in the air or if he himself was burning.”

Once inside the apartment, firefighters discovered two injured people, who were pronounced dead at the scene.

Two firefighters also suffered minor injuries in the blaze.

It took 60 FDNY members from 12 different units to knock down the flames, which were under control at 7:50 p.m., officials said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The blaze broke out in a bedroom in a first-floor apartment at the Gowanus Houses on the corner of Bond and Wyckoff Sts. in Boerum  Hill just after 4 p.m., FDNY Deputy Chief Joseph Duggan said at a news conference.

Firefighters called to the apartment discovered a 2-year-old boy, 67-year-old man, 60-year-old man and 51-year-old woman trapped, all in cardiac arrest.

“There was a slight clutter condition inside, but that’s why we called for the [fire] marshals to conduct an investigation about why it started and why they couldn’t get out,” Duggan said. “It appears they were trying to make their way out when they were overcome.”

The victims were rushed to Brooklyn Hospital Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital Brooklyn Methodist, where the 67-year-old died. His name was not immediately released.

The three other victims were listed in stable condition after suffering from smoke inhalation, police said.

The fire marshal will determine the cause of the blaze.

“I didn’t rape her!” Mohammed Izzeddin shouted as he was led from the NYPD’s 66th Precinct stationhouse. “It’s a prostitution spot!”

Izzeddin, 22, and another man pushed their way into the 49-year-old woman’s home near the corner of 59th St. and Ninth Ave. in Sunset Park around 6 p.m. Saturday, police said.

Izzeddin raped her before he and an accomplice ran off, cops added. The victim was taken to Maimonides Medical Center in stable condition.

Police arrested Izzeddin, of Bay Ridge, Thursday and charged him with rape, robbery, sexual abuse and assault, among others.

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His arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court was pending Thursday evening.

Police are still searching for Izzedin’s accomplice, cops said.

Police responded to the southeast corner of the park around 3 p.m. where they came across a 37-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the leg, cops said.

Just before the gunfire erupted, a woman in the Brooklyn park noticed a group of men “pursuing” another group who she described as “boys.”

“One of the boys fired at the two men who were approaching them,” said the woman, who did not want to be named.

As the victim laid on the ground, the three men ran out of the park and took off onto nearby Coney Island Ave., cops said.

“There were a lot of people running scared,” said the woman. “They were running away from the shooter.”

The wounded man was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in stable condition.

There were no immediate arrests as cops worked to track down the gunman.

The 44-year-old woman had just parked her car near the corner of E. 27th St. and Avenue W in Sheepshead Bay when a white Mercedes and delivery van collided at the intersection around 3:50 p.m., cops and witnesses said.

“The white Mercedes jumped the curb and hit her,” said Michael Irvin, a retired nurse. “She was very polite and collected. She didn’t know what was going on.”

The shocked victim had been pinned against a brick wall outside a house on the corner.

“Her legs were under the car smashed,” said Irvin, 59. “Her upper body was pinned to the wall.”

He rendered as much care as he could before medics made it to the scene.

“She was saying, ‘Can I go home? Can you help me get home?’” Irvin recounted. “She had no idea she was hurt.”

She was rushed to NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn in critical condition.

Both drivers remained at the scene following the crash and were not immediately facing any charges.

In the first incident, gunfire rang out at the corner of E. 175th St. and Grand Concourse in the Bronx nabe of Mount Hope just after 5:10 p.m., cops said.

Police responding to a 911 call discovered a 36-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the torso.

Medics rushed him to nearby St. Barnabas Hospital, but he could not be saved. His name was not immediately released.

Two minutes later in Brooklyn, more shots echoed through the streets of Flatbush, police said.

Bullets struck a 15-year-old girl in the leg and a man in the head, they added.

Both victims were taken to Kings County Hospital where the man,who was not carrying identification, died and the girl was expected to recover.

Police were working to identify the slain man Sunday evening.

Mourners set up a memorial on the corner after the shooting, where dozens of tearful locals lit votive candles.

Later, around 6:45 p.m., more gunfire erupted near the corner of W. 191st St. and St. Nicholas Ave. in Washington Heights after an argument between two men boiled over, police said.

One of the men pulled out a gun and shot the 26-year-old victim in the right leg.

The wounded man took himself to NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in stable condition.

There were no immediate arrests in any of the shootings.

“It’s a miracle that we found him,” Basia Lewandowski told the Daily News. “I hope he makes it.”

Lewandowski was visiting with friend and fellow lifeguard Amanda Reynolds on the sands near Beach 75th St. shortly before 6 p.m. when lifeguards were alerted that the teenage victim was floundering off the coast of southern Queens, Lewandowski said.

Reynolds immediately dove into the sea as Lewandowski sprinted across a jetty in an effort to direct her partner towards the drowning boy, she said.

“Amanda’s in the water and I ran out on the jetty, running point so I could direct her where to go,” she recounted.

The retired lifeguard then joined other rescuers in the water, where they formed a line in order to sweep the coast in hopes of spotting the submerged teen, Lewandowski said.

“We did our protocol, which is a diving line,” the retired lifeguard described. “All the lifeguards line up and we sweep the water.”

Precious minutes ticked by before one the rescuers happened upon the unconscious teen and the swimmers began the arduous task of towing him back to shore, according to Lewandoski.

“He was really heavy, so getting him out was kind of hard,” she said.

The boy was submerged beneath the rising tides — which at the time of the rescue were off limits to swimmers due to risk of lightning — for as long as five minutes, and Lewandowski said he was foaming at the mouth as rescuers tried to resuscitate him.

“We did CPR right away, chest compressions,” Lewandowski said. “He was foaming, it was a lot of water.”

Paramedics rushed the teen to St. John’s hospital in critical condition, according to police.

As the ambulance pulled away, the lifeguards on the beach mused at the incredible odds of them finding the boy at all, Lewandowski said.

“I think we’re all just shocked that we actually found him,” said Lewandowski.

The rescue off Rockaway Beach follows the tragic near-death drowning of Rikeverns “Ricky” Joassaint, who remains on life support after slipping beneath the surface of Prospect Park Lake last month.