Decomposing body found floating in pond at NYC park

A shellshocked bystander spotted the body of a woman floating in a pond at a typically quiet Queens park Sunday.The witness called 911 just after 6 p.m., reporting an unconscious woman in the kettle pond at Bowne Park in Flushing, police said.

When cops arrived on scene, they found a woman’s body bobbing in the water near a fountain.Two emergency responders gingerly dredged the woman’s corpse from pond and laid her body on the grass as horrified park-goers looked on.Her body was mostly covered by a white tarp, but The Post observed one grayish, wrinkled foot poking out.A local who arrived at the park for her daily dog walk around the same time as the police response called the ordeal “unsettling” in what is normally a peaceful respite from the city.“I find [the park] a safe place to be, so I don’t think it was anything from violence,” she said while vaguely gesturing to the pond where the woman’s body was.The NYPD said a medical examiner is working on determining the cause of death.

The woman’s identity has not been released and the investigation is ongoing.Bowne Park hosted a community clean-up event and silent disco party on Saturday evening, according to its website....