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

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.

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