Emergency services were called to the ferry Bridge at about 11.50am pm , where a woman had climbed over the bridge 's railing and was sitting on a piece of metal piping . Officers tried to calm her down as NYPD patrol boats passed 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 neighbors talked to her about her daughter and was taken to mercy 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 .