The remains of a woman were found stuffed inside a black plastic bag in the basement of a Brooklyn building Sunday, police and law-enforcement sources said.
Cops responded to a 911 call for an unconscious person at The Borinquen Public Houses at 330 Bushwick Avenue on the border of Williamsburg and Bushwick at 9:38 a.m., police said.
In the basement of the NYCHA apartment building, officers found the remains of an adult woman in a black plastic bag, the sources and cops said.
A dead body being removed on a stretcher from an apartment in Bushwick, Brooklyn on Feb. 1, 2026.Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
The woman’s remains were discovered stuffed in the bag in the basement of the Brooklyn apartment building.Kyle Mazza/TheNEWS2 via ZUMA / SplashNews.com
NYPD crime scene investigators removing evidence from the building in The Borinquen Public Houses.Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock
The investigation was ongoing.
The Office of Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death, according to authorities.
