Breaking: NYPD Deploys Aviation for Water Rescue at Queens' Baisley Pond

January 06, 2026 | Queens, NY

Emergency responders from the New York Police Department launched a water rescue operation at Baisley Pond early Jan. 6. The incident occurred at the intersection of Lakeview Blvd E and 119th Dr, where NYPD officers reported a person in the water. Aviation units were deployed overhead to assist in the effort, according to dispatches from the 1st Responder Wireless News Dispatch team, a division of Belsito Communications Inc.

nypd has a person in the water nypd avn overhead.

Further details on the individual's condition or the rescue's outcome were not available at the time of reporting. The call came in around 2:58 a.m.

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