The decomposed bodies of two men were found in and around the city’s waterways Sunday – one on board a houseboat and the other at a waterfront park, cops said.
A 52-year-old man was discovered unconscious and unresponsive on board a docked boat at Railroad and Greenpoint avenues in the Newtown Creek Marina around 12:45 p.m., authorities said.
A 52-year-old man was discovered unconscious and unresponsive on board a docked boat. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/ShutterstockAn acquaintance called the cops after finding the lifeless body of the man – who spent a great deal of his time at sea – on board the boat, the sources said.
The man, who may have died about a week before he was discovered, was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS, according to cops and sources.
He suffered no apparent signs of trauma and was not immediately believed to be the victim of a crime.
In an unrelated discovery about four hours earlier, the decomposed corpse of an unidentified man was found near the shoreline at Spring Creek Park – at the intersection of 63rd Avenue and 83rd Street in Howard Beach, police said.
An acquaintance called the cops after finding the lifeless body of the man, who spent a great deal of his time at sea. Kevin C Downs forThe New York Post
The man was discovered at the Newton Creek Marina at around 12:45 p.m. Kevin C Downs forThe New York Post
EMS pronounced the individual dead at the scene, with officials saying he may have died about a week before his body was discovered. Kevin C Downs forThe New York Post
Police said there are no visible signs of trauma on the body. Kevin C Downs forThe New York PostHe was pronounced dead at the scene following the grisly 8:40 a.m. discovery, cops said.
There were no visible signs of trauma, and no criminality was immediately suspected in that death either, police said.
