A 58-year-old man believed to be homeless was found dead Thursday morning in a pile of snow near the Central Park carousel, according to the NYPD and sources, as reported by The New York Post.

Police responded to a 911 call at approximately 10:50 a.m. at 63 Traverse Road and Center Drive. Officers arriving at the scene discovered the man unresponsive in a snow-covered area a short distance from the park’s well-known carousel.

Emergency medical personnel pronounced the man dead at the scene, police said. His name was not immediately released pending notification of family members.

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Photos taken at the location showed a white sheet covering the body and police tape surrounding the area where the man was found.

The discovery comes just days after a blizzard left roughly two feet of snow across the park and much of New York City.

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Sources indicated the man appeared to have been lying in the snow for an extended period of time before he was discovered. Authorities said no criminality was immediately suspected in his death.

The city’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of death, police said.

The fatal discovery follows a recent stretch of severe winter weather. During the height of the blizzard — from midnight Sunday through 2 p.m. Monday — the NYPD said it made contact with 130 homeless individuals across the city.

Of those, 127 declined to go into shelters. Only two accepted city services, police officials said at the time.

While city outreach teams did not forcibly remove anyone from the streets during that period, the NYPD reported that officers involuntarily removed one individual whom they deemed a danger to themselves.

The city has experienced multiple weather-related fatalities this winter. In late January and early February, 19 people died outdoors as a historic deep freeze gripped New York City.

According to the medical examiner’s office, 15 of those deaths were confirmed to be cold-related.

“Hypothermia due to environmental exposure to cold” was listed as the primary cause of death for those individuals, officials said.

The circumstances surrounding the 58-year-old man’s death remain under investigation. Authorities have not said whether his death will ultimately be classified as weather-related, pending findings from the medical examiner.

The Central Park area where the body was found remained cordoned off on Thursday as police conducted their investigation.

Officials have not released additional details about how long the man may have been at that location before he was discovered.

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