Skeletal remains found in garbage bag along Jackie Robinson Parkway in Brooklyn

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Worker finds possible human remains off Jackie Robinson Parkway

CYPRESS HILLS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Police in Brooklyn are investigating the discovery of possible human remains.

A Department of Transportation worker found skeletal remains in a black garbage bag.

The gruesome discovery was made just off the Jackie Robinson Parkway, near Exit 1 northbound in Cypress Hills.

The medical examiner will determine if they are in fact human.

NewsCopter 7 was over the scene on Wednesday afternoon.

The location is near several cemeteries along the parkway.

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