The ball-drop babies are here! A handful of Queens families celebrated their bundle of joys as the world’s borough’s newest- and tiniest- residents swaddled their way into the New Year.
In the Rockaways, Inwood residents Olibia Barrios Cifuentes and Marlon Rabanales welcomed their newborn baby girl, Jimena Sulemia. Baby Jimena was the first baby born in 2025 at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, located at 327 Beach 19th St. She arrived on Jan 1 at 12:28 a.m., weighing 6 lbs, 2 oz, and measuring 18.9 inches.
To celebrate, the Episcopal Health Services Executive Leadership Team presented baby Jimena and her family with gifts, including a stroller with a car seat attachment, a baby play center, and baby wipes. The St. John’s ICARE Foundation also presented the family with diapers, baby books, baby care essentials, a diaper bag, toys, clothing, and a baby monitor, which was donated by Jzanus, a Long Island-based company and partner of Episcopal Health Services, Inc. (EHS).
In Southeast Queens, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center welcomed three baby girls on New Year’s Day.
In Northeast Queens, Flushing Hospital Medical Center celebrated the birth of seven babies, five males and two females.
At NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, baby Axel was one of six babies born on Jan 1st. The baby boy was born weighing 8.09 pounds at 4:32 a.m.
New York-Presbyterian Queens also started the year with a bundle of joy. Baby Sophia was born on Jan 1 at 1:56 a.m. Sophia’s mom and dad are first-time parents from Queens. They said they were excited to welcome their first baby and shared, “What a great way to start the new year!”
