A baby girl was found alone, abandoned on a train platform in the middle of New York City on Monday morning.

Police said the baby was discovered before 10 a.m. on the southbound platform of the 34th Street-Penn Station stop of the 1/2/3 line.

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The baby was conscious and alert, police said, but was taken to Bellevue Hospital to be evaluated.

There were no service delays reported at the station around the time of the incident.

The police investigation is ongoing.

The state of New York has a safe haven law, or the Abandoned Infant Protection Act , where are a parent can abandon "a newborn baby up to 30 days of age anonymously and without fear of prosecution -- if the baby is abandoned in a safe manner." In the c

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