A man was found unconscious and unresponsive before dawn Wednesday at Major Mark Park in Jamaica Estates, and officers who responded discovered he had been stabbed in the chest. EMS pronounced him dead at the scene, and police said he remained unidentified as the investigation continued.
Police from the 103rd Precinct were called to the park near Hillside Avenue and 175th Street at about 4:47 a.m. after the man was discovered, according to amNY. Responding officers found the man had been stabbed in the chest before EMS arrived and pronounced him dead at the scene, PIX11 reported. Police said they believe the victim was in his 30s, and investigators are also looking into whether he was homeless, per the same amNY account.
No arrests have been made, and the investigation remains ongoing. The NYPD has not released the man's identity.
A Troubling Pattern for the 103rd Precinct
The killing adds to a complicated picture of violence in the precinct this year. Through October 4, the 103rd Precinct had reported three homicides year-to-date, down from four at the same point in 2025, amNY's figures show.
A fatal stabbing occurred on Oct. 3, and the victim died at Jamaica Hospital. A fatal subway stabbing was also reported at Woodhaven Boulevard.
Borough-Wide Numbers Tell a Mixed Story
Zooming out, Queens recorded 58 murders in 2025, up from 55 the year before, even as citywide murders fell from 380 to 302, according to the Queens Chronicle. The 103rd Precinct itself saw murders dip slightly, from seven in 2024 to six in 2025, the newspaper reported.
Other violent-crime indicators moved in the opposite direction across the borough. Queens shootings declined from 119 incidents in 2024 to 89 in 2025, with shooting victims falling from 145 to 109, and overall major crime in the borough dropped about 6.4 percent compared with the prior year, per the Chronicle's analysis. The uptick in murders alongside falling shootings and overall crime underscores how uneven public-safety trends can be even within a single borough.
Major Mark Park has drawn police attention before. In 2016, a 60-year-old man was found dead in the park around 7:30 a.m., though the New York Daily News reported at the time that he did not appear to be a victim of a crime. No connection between that earlier case and Wednesday's stabbing has been established.
Anyone with information about Wednesday's stabbing is urged to contact the NYPD as the investigation continues. No suspect description or motive had been released.
