Crime & Safety

Man Leaps To Death From Stuyvesant Town​ Building

The 66-year-old's body was discovered near the complex's Avenue C Loop, police said.

EAST VILLAGE, NY — A man jumped to his death from the roof of his Stuyvesant Town apartment building Tuesday afternoon, police said.

A resident discovered the 66-year-old man's body at the Stuyvesant Oval near the Avenue C Loop in the housing complex just before 4 p.m., authorities said.

Emergency responders pronounced the man dead on the scene.

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The man's identity has not been released.


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