Detectives launched a murder investigation after a man in his 40s was found with blunt force trauma to the head inside an apartment at 90 Sands St. in DUMBO on Aug. 25. Officers from the 84th Precinct responded to a 911 call at about 5:52 a.m.; paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is conducting a post-mortem. The victim remains unidentified, no suspects or persons of interest have been named, and no weapon was recovered. A building security guard may have placed the 911 call. The 30-story Sands Street building, converted by nonprofit Breaking Ground, opened in 2022 and houses supportive and affordable units. Breaking Ground and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene did not comment. The incident is the third homicide reported in the 84th Precinct this year.
Detectives have launched a murder investigation into the death of a man in his 40s who was found with blunt force trauma to the head on Monday morning inside a DUMBO apartment building that is comprised largely of supportive housing. Officers from the 84th Precinct responded at approximately 5:52 a.m. on Aug. 25 to a 911 call reporting an unconscious and unresponsive man inside an apartment at 90 Sands St., finding the victim with trauma to the head. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
The Sands Street location, a former Jehovah's Witnesses hotel, was converted into a 30-story supportive and affordable housing development by the nonprofit Breaking Ground, which operates hundreds of such units across the city. Opened on Nov. 3, 2022, the building houses 305 supportive units for formerly homeless individuals and 185 affordable apartments for low- and moderate-income residents. Amenities include a 24-hour attended lobby, security cameras, fitness center, multipurpose community room, and bike storage.
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