Update: Baby Boy Found in Garbage at Walt Whitman Houses

Update, 7:38 p.m.:

The child's mother allegedly put the baby in the garbage chute where he amazingly survived an eight-story fall to the compactor below.

Laquasia Wright, 18, was arrested Sunday and charged with attempted murder and endangering the welfare of a child, according to cops.

The baby remains in stable condition, according to officials.

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A newborn baby boy was found in a trash compactor room this morning at Walt Whitman Houses in Fort Greene.

A janitor at 102 N. Portland Ave. heard the baby's cries at about 9:20 a.m., and found the baby in with the garbage, police said.

The baby, who appeared to be healthy condition, was taken to Brooklyn Hospital, an NYPD spokesman said.

No arrests have been made.

Hours after the baby was found, residents still stood in clusters outside the building, talking about what happened. A few of them had tear-stained faces.

"I think it's a shame, really a shame, how somebody can throw a baby away," said one woman who declined to give her name but said she lived in the building. 

"There are so many resources out there," she added.

Dr. Belen Fineza of Brooklyn Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit said the baby was in stable condition.

"They are continuing to closely monitor him," Fineza said.

McCarton Ackerman contributed to this story.