A Flushing hospital celebrated its first baby to be born in the Lunar New Year early Friday morning.
At 2:37 a.m. on Feb. 16, Eric Yu was born to parents YingHui Ma and Fei Yu at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens. Eric was born weighing 6 pounds, 15 ounces.
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens is a community teaching hospital affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine, serving Queens and metro New York residents. There are 4,000 infant deliveries are performed at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens annually.