Body found floating in pond at NYC park

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A shellshocked bystander spotted the body of a woman floating in a pond at a typically quiet Queens park Sunday.

The witness called 911 just after 6 p.m., reporting an unconscious woman in the kettle pond at Bowne Park in Flushing, police said.

A woman was found dead in a pond at Bowne Park on Sunday. Peter Gerber

When cops arrived on scene, they found a woman’s body bobbing in the water near a fountain.

Two emergency responders gingerly dredged the woman’s corpse from pond and laid her body on the grass as horrified park-goers looked on.

The woman was not identified. Peter Gerber

Her body was mostly covered by a white tarp, but The Post observed one grayish, wrinkled foot poking out.

A local who arrived at the park for her daily dog walk around the same time as the police response called the ordeal “unsettling” in what is normally a peaceful respite from the city.

“I find [the park] a safe place to be, so I don’t think it was anything from violence,” she said while vaguely gesturing to the pond where the woman’s body was.

A bystander who frequents the park doubted the woman had been attacked. Peter Gerber

The NYPD said a medical examiner is working on determining the cause of death. The woman’s identity has not been released and the investigation is ongoing.

Bowne Park hosted a community clean-up event and silent disco party on Saturday evening, according to its website.



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