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.

Police rushed to a seven-story building around 3:13 p.m. near Steuben St. and Wesser Ave. in Park Hill, where the baby suffered a minor abrasion to the torso after she was thrown down the chute by

A baby was taken to the hospital after an individual “placed” the girl “down” a garbage chute at an apartment building in Concord, police said. The call came in at approximately 3:30 p.m. at 195 Steuben St.