A 1-year-old girl is recovering after being thrown down a garbage chute on Staten Island on Monday, police said. Investigators say the child's father called 911 at around 3:15 p.m. and officers quickly responded to an apartment building at 195 Steuben St. near Weser Avenue in the Park Hill section of the borough.

A man was taken into custody after he dropped his 1-year-old infant niece down a garbage chute inside a Staten Island apartment building, according to law enforcement sources. Police were called just after 3 p.

NEW YORK - A 39-year-old man has been taken into custody after throwing a 1-year-old girl down a Staten Island garbage chute. The 39-year-old man placed the 1-year-old into a garbage chute inside 195 Steuben Street at 1:15 p.m.