{"id":259400,"date":"2026-06-08T17:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/259400\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:15:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:15:47","slug":"body-found-floating-near-manhattan-pier-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/259400\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found floating near Manhattan pier: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WPIX New York City, NY;\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WPIX New York City, NY\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Mon, June 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wpix_new_york_city_ny_articles_843\/99fff234b3d387811e665ecb894c3049.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FINANCIAL DISTRICT, Manhattan (PIX11) \u2014 A body was found floating near a Manhattan pier in the East River on Monday morning, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The man was found unconscious in the water near Pier 11 and South Street in the Financial District just after 7 a.m., according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:Discover more local reporting on our homepage;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Discover more local reporting on our homepage\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The unidentified man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:crimestoppers.nypdonline.org;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).<\/p>\n<p>Mira Wassef is an award-winning reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She joined the PIX11 News digital team in 2022. See more of her work <a data-ylk=\"slk:here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/mira-wassef\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon, June 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM UTC FINANCIAL DISTRICT, Manhattan (PIX11) \u2014 A body was found floating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[4343,75,84,83,7683,1088,9,24,63,103],"class_list":["post-259400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-financial-district","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-medical-examiner","tag-monday-morning","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}