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Jaxel Rodriguez was born at exactly 12 a.m.
Jaxel Rodriguez was born at exactly 12 a.m.NYC Health + Hospitals
Ivett Rodriguez and her baby, Jaxel Rodriguez
Ivett Rodriguez and her baby, Jaxel RodriguezNYC Health + Hospitals
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He’s the new prince of Kings County.

The first New York City baby of 2021 was born at the stroke of midnight in Brooklyn.

Weighing 6 lbs. 11 oz. and measuring 19 inches, Jaxel Rodriguez came into the world at 12 a.m. Friday at Coney Island Hospital, according to NYC Health + Hospitals.

The punctual bundle of joy is the third child of Ivett Rodriguez and Antonio Guilbert.

The Brooklyn parents called Jaxel “the best gift of the new year.”

The first-of-the-year honors were split last year by a pair of newborns in Brooklyn and Staten Island — both delivered exactly at midnight.

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