Overview
- Police responded around 9:30 a.m. after an anonymous 911 call to the stairs leading to the southbound 1, 2 and 3 trains at 34th Street–Penn Station.
- First responders found a newborn girl wrapped in a blanket, conscious and alert, and EMS took her to Bellevue Hospital where she was in stable condition.
- NYPD Midtown South detectives are reviewing station surveillance and seeking public tips, with no arrests reported as of the latest updates.
- Under New York’s Abandoned Infant Protection Act, parents may legally and anonymously surrender an unharmed newborn at staffed hospitals, police precincts or fire stations without prosecution.
- Some outlets reported the infant’s umbilical cord was still attached, a detail not confirmed by police, as transit leadership praised the swift response.