Investigators say the woman intentionally set a car on fire in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Saturday.
It happened just before 4 a.m., when the car was parked outside a home on Decatur Avenue.
The woman got away on foot.
She is described as dark-skinned, with short hair and a mark (possibly a tattoo) on her upper right arm; last seen wearing a dark colored tank top, dark colored pants and she carried a black purse.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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