Woman, 24, Raped in Greenwich Village

A 24-year-old woman was raped in the West Village early Wednesday by a stranger who offered to help her home after a night of drinking, police said.

The intoxicated woman was walking to her building near W. 4th St. and Sixth Ave. around 3 a.m. when the man approached her and asked if she was okay, cops said.

After he helped her make her way to her apartment building, the man followed her to her front door, pushed his way inside and then raped her, according to police.

The rapist is still on the loose, cops said.