Body Found In Spring Creek Area

The body of an unidentified man was found on the evening of February 7th in the Spring Creek section of the park. Park Police and NYPD investigators believe that he was a homeless person who’d often been seen in a residential neighborhood that adjoins the park. He appears to have crossed the boundary into this deserted section of Gateway, then settled next to a walking trail to sleep for the night. The medical examiner’s office is working to determine the exact cause of death, but initial police reports suggest that he probably succumbed to hypothermia.