{"id":293254,"date":"2026-07-11T16:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T16:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/293254\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T16:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T16:06:09","slug":"baby-girl-found-dead-at-nyc-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/293254\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby girl found dead at NYC hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 16-month-old girl was found dead at The Belnord Hotel on the Upper West Side this week, the NYPD said.<\/p>\n<p>There were no visible signs of trauma on the baby\u2019s body when police discovered her around 12:50 p.m. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The medical examiner is still investigating the cause of death.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39954683\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-nypd-officers-responded-location-134050624.jpg\" alt=\"NYPD Crime Scene Unit investigators removing evidence bags near a police van in front of the Belnord Hotel.\" class=\"wp-image-39954683\"  \/>The NYPD Crime Scene Unit remove evidence collected from the Belnord Hotel on July 10, following a search warrant following the disturbing discovery of a 16-month-old baby girl who was found dead on July 9, 2026. Kyle Mazza\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39954685\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-nypd-officers-responded-location-134050705.jpg\" alt=\"A NYPD Crime Scene Unit member stands with their back to the camera, facing the Belnord Hotel entrance.\" class=\"wp-image-39954685\"  \/>The Belnord Hotel had served as one of New York City\u2019s emergency migrant shelter for families with children since 2023. Kyle Mazza\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>The Amsterdam Avenue and 88th Street hotel had served as one of the city\u2019s emergency migrant shelter for families with children since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>That contract with the Children\u2019s Rescue Fund had ended on June 30, records show.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear whether migrants are still living in the hotel. <\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s Department of Social Services did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Police described the unit that the child died in as an \u201capartment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rates for rooms at the hotel go as low as $75 per night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 16-month-old girl was found dead at The Belnord Hotel on the Upper West Side this week, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7986,1015,810,57,9,56,63,65,64,58],"class_list":["post-293254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-babies","tag-deaths","tag-hotels","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293254","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=293254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}