The man fell from a rear window of his New York City apartment building, NYPD said

A 61-year-old New York City man fell to his death on Saturday while he was cleaning a window on his high-rise apartment building.

The man dropped from a rear window on the sixth floor of the 21-story building at 920 Park Ave. on the Upper East Side, the New York Post reported. The fall occurred shortly before 7 a.m. according to the New York City Police Department.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Authorities have not yet released the identity of the man.