By Madina Toure
The body of a man whose name police could not yet release because the body was badly decomposed was found in the College Point Yacht Club grounds Saturday afternoon, according to the NYPD and the yacht club.
At about 4:06 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to a call of an unconscious individual in the vicinity of Powell’s Cove Boulevard and Weatherly Place, according to the police.
When they arrived, they discovered an unconscious and unresponsive man lying face down in a rocky area near the water, police said.
EMS responded and pronounced the victim dead on arrival at the scene, officials said.
An individual from the yacht club said he was not at the club when the body was found, noting that he was told that police arrived and took a body out.
“Police officers came in,” he said. “They asked to open the gates. They let them in and they were gone within the hour.”
A police spokesman said the NYPD only has a tentative name for the man because the body was severely decomposed.
The Police Department will have more information once it determines the individual’s identity, the spokesman said.
Julie Bolcer, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner’s office, said the cause and manner of death were pending further studies as of Wednesday afternoon.
No arrests had been made and the investigation was ongoing, the spokesman said.
Reach reporter Madina Toure by e-mail at mtour
