Queens *Animal Rescue* Beach 216th Street & Palmer Drive. Division requesting ESU and Marine for the beached whale. http://t.co/SARw6VVg
A whale about 30 feet long, possibly a humpback, washed up on the beach alive at Breezy Point in Queens on Wednesday morning, the police said.
The whale was spotted around 10:40 a.m. near Beach 216th Street and Palmer Place, the police said. Emergency-service responders from the police and fire departments were spraying water on the animal an d awaiting the arrival of marine-mammal stranding experts from the Riverhead Foundation on Long Island, the police said.
