A construction worker found human skeletal remains inside the basement of a crumbling, long-vacant Queens building — months after a city-issued violation noted the entryway needed to be sealed, cops said.
The NYPD was notified of the chilling discovery just before 2 p.m. Monday inside the condemned building on Jamaica Avenue near 120th Street in Richmond Hill, authorities said.
Police could not confirm whether a full body was recovered. It was unclear how the person had died.
The building — which neighbors say has been vacant for more than two decades — was slapped with a Department of Buildings violation Nov. 14 for failure to seal up the basement doors’ opening to secure against unauthorized access and safeguard the public.
An earlier complaint raised concerns about the basement “caving in,” with rodents escaping — and calls for action “before someone gets hurt.”
Another complaint notes that the “entire top” of the deteriorating structure is “caved all the way in and is visible from the train that rides past.”