Gothamist
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.
Gothamist
Listen Live
News
NYPD Questioning Woman After 2-Year-Old Dies In Midtown Burger Restaurant
By
John Del Signore
Published Mar 30, 2015
Modified Mar 26, 2018
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
Never miss a story
Email address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .
By
John Del Signore
Published Mar 30, 2015
Modified Mar 26, 2018
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
We rely on your support to make local news available to all
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
NYPD investigators are questioning a woman after a two-year-old boy was found unconscious and unresponsive at a midtown hamburger restaurant today. Details are scant at this point, but an NYPD spokesman confirmed that police were called to 5 Boro Burger on 6th Avenue at 2:15 p.m. and found the child unconscious. He was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
An unidentified woman is currently being questioned, but as of 6 p.m. no arrest has been made.
Police have not confirmed that the woman in custody is the boy's mother, but one source tells the Daily News that a restaurant patron walked into the restroom "and saw the mother holding her hand over the baby’s mouth, the mother said 'I put my hand over his mouth to put him to sleep.'"
CBS 2 reports that the 35-year-old woman locked herself in the bathroom with the boy and refused to open the door. Sources tell the news channel that "workers at the restaurant gained entry and found the boy unconscious and foaming at the mouth."
Reached by phone, a 5 Boro Burger employee declined to comment on the incident. We'll update as more information becomes available.
Tagged
5 boro burger
infanticide
John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
Read more
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
MORE news
Mamdani must redo his pied-à-terre tax rollout, NY judge orders
A Staten Island judge ruled against the city in a lawsuit challenging the rollout of the new tax, a day after a billionaire casino mogul sued to invalidate it.
By
David Brand
Published Sep 29, 2026 at 4:11 p.m. ET
Modified Sep 29, 2026 at 5:07 p.m. ET
NYC eyes higher fines for owners of dirty vacant lots, abandoned construction sites
The sanitation department seeks to increase the fines for landlords who neglect their abandoned lots from $100 to $250.
By
Liam Quigley
News
NYC eyes higher fines for owners of dirty vacant lots, abandoned construction sites
The sanitation department seeks to increase the fines for landlords who neglect their abandoned lots from $100 to $250.
By
Liam Quigley
NJ Gov. Sherrill vetoes 2 bills meant to give strapped Jersey City more revenue tools
By
Michael Sol Warren
Brooklyn residents displaced after facade falls off neighboring building amid nor'easter
By
Catalina Gonella
Mamdani opts not to define antisemitism in report to combat Jewish hate crimes
By
Elizabeth Kim
Never miss a story
Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.
Sign upEmail address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .