Emergency services were called to the Kosciuszko Bridge at about 11.50am Monday , where a woman had climbed over the bridge 's railing and was standing on a section of metal piping . Officers tried to calm her down as NYPD patrol boats cruised under the bridge on Newtown Creek , which connects Greenpoint in Brooklyn and Maspeth in Queens . The woman, who has not been identified, told officers she did it because she wanted to be able to walk across the river without being hit by cars or trucks. She agreed to be rescued after police talked to her about her daughter and was taken to Elmhurst Hospital .
Emergency services were called to the Kosciuszko Bridge at about 11.50am Monday , where a woman had climbed over the bridge 's railing and was standing on a section of metal piping . Officers tried to calm her down as NYPD patrol boats cruised under the bridge on Newtown Creek , which connects Greenpoint in Brooklyn and Maspeth in Queens . A witness said the woman was a 44-year-old Polish mother-of-one who was going through a tough divorce . She agreed to be rescued after police talked to her about her daughter and was taken to Elmhurst Hospital .