••• “Man who threatened to jump off 22nd floor of Manhattan building is a suspect in his girlfriend’s beating death.” —New York Daily News

••• “A man walking along Hudson Street was hit in the face after he refused to give money to a would-be robber.” It was 11 p.m. on a Friday at Hudson and Thomas. —DNAinfo

••• “The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved the request by a real estate developer to build two futuristic-looking subway elevator sheds in the middle of a Lower Manhattan historic district, in exchange for which a new skyscraper [45 Broad] planned for nearby will be allowed to build 70,000 extra square feet of interior space. This decision overrules a resolution by Community Board 1, which urged the LPC to deny the developer’s proposal.” The estimated value of that extra space is $95 million. —Broadsheet

••• Among the thefts in the Tribeca Trib police blotter: “Michael K [shoe store on Canal] was the target of an early-morning burglary on July 29 and, the next morning, an attempted break-in by a group of teens. Four boys and two girls, 14 to 16 years old, were arrested following the second burglary attempt.”

••• Daytonian in Manhattan digs into the history of 110 Reade; the mansard roof was not part of the original building.