Man’s decomposed body found on shore of Queens waterfront park


A man’s badly decomposed body was found on the shoreline of a waterfront park in Queens Sunday morning, police said.

Cops recovered the body from a marshy area of Spring Creek Park off 163rd Ave. and 83rd St. in Howard Beach Sunday morning. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

A 911 caller came across the corpse by a marshy area of Spring Creek Park off 163rd Ave. and 83rd St. in Howard Beach about 8:40 a.m., cops said.

A NYPD Air/Sea Rescue helicopter had to be used to move the body of a man pronounced dead on scene near the waters' edge of Spring Creek Park in the Howard Beach section of Queens on Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
Cops recovered the body from a marshy area of Spring Creek Park off 163rd Ave. and 83rd St. in Howard Beach Sunday morning. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

Police needed a helicopter to remove the body because of the difficult terrain.

A NYPD Air/Sea Rescue helicopter had to be used to move the body of a man pronounced dead on scene near the waters' edge of Spring Creek Park in the Howard Beach section of Queens on Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
Cops recovered the body from a marshy area of Spring Creek Park off 163rd Ave. and 83rd St. in Howard Beach Sunday morning. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

Cops have not yet identified the man and the city Medical Examiner will determine his cause of death.

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