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# Woman’s Body Discovered On Gowanus Canal Shoreline
- URL: https://bklyner.com/womans-body-discovered-gowanus-canal-shoreline/
- Published: 2017-12-18T15:10:12.000Z
- Updated: 2017-12-18T17:45:53.000Z
- Author: Pamela Wong
- Tags: Gowanus, News, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, Sunset Park, Western Brooklyn, 550 Hamilton Avenue, 72nd precinct, DOA, gowanus canal, nypd, #wp

GREENWOOD – The NYPD reports they found the body of a woman on a rocky area along the Gowanus Canal shoreline Saturday afternoon.

![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-18-at-10.04.49-AM.png)

Gowanus Canal via Google Maps

At approximately 2pm on December 16, police say they responded to a call behind the Home Depot located at 550 Hamilton Avenue near 19th Street where they discovered the fully-clothed body of a woman lying by the canal.

EMS pronounced the woman dead at the scene. The victim’s identity has not yet been released as police found no identification at the scene, the [New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/woman-body-found-rocky-shoreline-gowanus-canal-article-1.3704071?ref=bklyner.com) reports.

The medical examiner will determine the cause of her death. The investigation is ongoing.

In June, a woman’s torso was found floating in the nearby Red Hook Channel by Pier 44\. The victim was identified by a tattoo on her right hip. 31-year-old [Jennifer Londono](/info-regarding-womans-body-found-pier-44-red-hook/) of Englewood, New Jersey, was reported missing two days before police discovered her remains. Her boyfriend, 40-year-old [Raphael Lolos](/nj-man-arrested-for-murdering-girlfriend-disposing-torso-in-red-hook-channel/), was arrested and charged with her murder in July.