Man is found hanging from an overpass with a plastic bag around his head in an apparent suicide on the west side of Central Park in New York A man in his 30s or 40s likely took his own life by hanging himself from Central Park's Winterdale Arch early Friday Park worker arriving for his shift made the gruesome discovery Man was suspended from an orange cord and had a plastic bag over his head By Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com Published: 18:18 BST, 3 May 2019 | Updated: 18:18 BST, 3 May 2019 Viewcomments A macabre discovery was made in Manhattan's Central Park early Friday morning when a man was found hanging from an overpass. The NYPD and park staff said the unnamed man in his 30s or 40s was suspended by an orange cord from the Winterdale Arch, located near Central Park West and West 82nd Street just before 6am. The man had a plastic bag secured over his head. A man in his 30s or 40s likely took his own life by hanging himself from Central Park's Winterdale Arch early Friday A Central Park Conservancy worker told the neighborhood news blog West Side Rag that a co-worker had come upon the man's lifeless body at the start of his shift. It is suspected that the man took his own life. Police tell New York Post a suicide note was recovered from the scene, but its contents were not made public. An autopsy will be performed on the victim to determine the exact cause and manner of death. This is not the first time that New York City's celebrated 840-acre park has become the scene of a suicide, In April 2018, a 22-year-old man was found dead near a Central Park bench with a belt wrapped around his neck. In January 2014, a Bangladeshi college student in town visiting family took his own life by drowning himself in the Central Park lake. For confidential support call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility