{"id":358485,"date":"2026-09-28T01:44:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T01:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/358485\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T01:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T01:44:35","slug":"mta-worker-finds-days-old-dead-body-inside-nyc-subway-utility-closet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/358485\/","title":{"rendered":"MTA worker finds days-old dead body inside NYC subway utility closet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An MTA track worker made the<a data-ylk=\"slk:gruesome discovery;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/08\/us-news\/two-dead-bodies-found-on-separate-nyc-subway-trains-within-hours\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> gruesome discovery <\/a>of a dead body inside a utility closet in a NYC subway tunnel Saturday morning, cops said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The worker was involved in an ongoing project at the 125th Street and Lexington Avenue station in East Harlem when he found the remains of a man inside the closet on the No. 6 line, about 100 feet north of the station on the downtown side, around 11 a.m., a source familiar with the investigation said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It looks like somebody who&#8217;s been there at least a few days,&#8221; the source said.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The remains were found in a tunnel about 100 feet north of the station in East Harlem. Stephen Yang\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ny_post_metro_articles_178\/6f73c4063bc7e525b53155d97ee1a90e.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The remains were found in a tunnel about 100 feet north of the station in East Harlem. Stephen Yang<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A man's remains were found in a closet inside a No. 6 subway tunnel near the East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue station Saturday. Robert Miller for NY Post\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ny_post_metro_articles_178\/0c52aac32dc3a1a0f0d4a4effa057ecf.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A man&#8217;s remains were found in a closet inside a No. 6 subway tunnel near the East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue station Saturday. Robert Miller for NY Post<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EMS rescuers declared the man, who appeared to be in his 20s or 30s, dead at the scene, cops said. His identity remained unknown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There was no obvious trauma to the body and police do not suspect criminality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Office of the City Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death, cops said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An MTA track worker made the gruesome discovery of a dead body inside a utility closet in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[12910,6808,9,56,63,65,64,849,11858,133489],"class_list":["post-358485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-125th-street","tag-east-harlem","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-nyc-subway","tag-robert-miller","tag-subway-tunnel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358485","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=358485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}