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Woman found dead at the Gotham Point complex on the Long Island City waterfront: NYPD

An NYPD Crime Scene Unit was parked at the Gotham Point development in Long Island City after a 59-year-old woman was found dead inside the south tower at 1-15 57th Avenue on Monday afternoon. Photo courtesy of Hunters Point South Waterfront News

Feb. 11, 2025 By Bill Parry

Residents of the Gotham Point development in the Hunters Point South section of Long Island City are on edge after a woman was found dead inside an apartment in the South Tower on Monday afternoon.

Police from the 108th Precinct rushed to Gotham Point after a 911 call was received at 4:07 p.m. of a woman in need of medical attention at 1-15 57th Ave.

Officers arrived on the scene and found a 59-year-old woman unconscious and unresponsive, police said Tuesday. EMS responded to the location and pronounced the woman dead at the scene.

Gotham Point at 1-15 57th Ave. Via Google Maps

Residents reported hearing screaming and then seeing a heavy police presence on the 6th floor of the south tower.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death, and her identity is pending proper family notification, according to an NYPD spokesperson, who added that the investigation remains ongoing.

The woman is the second person to die at the waterfront development in the past six months. In August, Gotham Point residents were stunned when a 26-year-old man jumped to his death from the 33-story south tower at the complex. There was no criminality suspected in his death. After her office received calls from concerned residents on Monday, Council Member Julie Won was briefed by the 108th Precinct about the investigation and tried to calm fears among her constituents.

“Detectives at the precinct believe there was no foul play due to no physical trauma or bruises on her body,” Won said. “The medical examiner is conducting an autopsy to verify the cause of death. My office will continue to follow up and provide updates. Please do not panic, this was not a murder but most likely an overdose or natural cause of death according to those who were on site.”

Anyone with information regarding 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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.

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