text: A woman who threatened to jump to her death off a New York City bridge was saved by a group of hero cops who spent more than two hours talking the woman out of jumping. The unidentified woman from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, was apparently distraught over her troubled marriage. She walked to the Kosciuszko Bridge from the Brooklyn side shortly before noon on Monday, climbed over a railing and stood on a section of metal piping barely wide enough to fit her feet. Scroll down for video . A woman walked on to New York City's Kosciuszko Bridge from the Brooklyn side on Monday just before noon, climbed over the railing and stood on a section of metal piping 125 feet above Newtown Creek . Police arrived on scene at about 11.50am and spent more than two hours talking to the woman and trying to calm her down . At about 2pm the woman agreed to be rescued and New York Police Department officers pulled her to safety over the railing . After she was pulled to safety by police officers, the woman was taken by ambulance to Elmhurst Hospital for observation . Emergency services were called to the scene at about 11.50am and two lanes of the Brooklyn-bound side of Kaosciusko Bridge as officers tried to keep the woman calm. Two NYPD patrol boats cruised 125 feet below the bridge on Newtown Creek, which connects Greenpoint to Maspeth, Queens, according to the New York Post. A witness said the woman is a 44-year-old Polish mother-of-one who was going through a tough divorce with her husband. 'I'm just glad [authorities] were able to talk her down,' said the witness, who did not want to be identified. 'She's just going through a difficult time and needs help.' A witness said the woman on the bridge was a 44-year-old mother-of-one from Poland. She reportedly was from Greenpoint, Brooklyn . She agreed to be rescued after police officers spoke to her about her daughter, and was lifted off the bridge 'so she could be with her', a police source said . A witness said she is going through a divorce with her husband and is having 'a difficult time and needs help' By about 2pm, the woman agreed to be rescued and police officers were able to grab the woman by the arms and pull her to safety on the bridge, where she was then taken to Elmhurst Hospital by ambulance for observation. A police source said that she was talked into climbing to safety 'so she could be with her daughter', according to the New York Daily News. 'She was having marriage problems,' the source said. 'One of the ways (the cops) connected with her was to talk to her about her daughter.' The Kosciuszko Bridge was built in 1939 and is part of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. It's named after Tadeusz Kosciuszko, an 18th-Century Polish war hero and American Revolution U.S. general. As police talked the woman into being rescued, to NYPD patrol boats cruised the Newtown Creek below the Kosciuszko Bridge .
target: Emergency services were called to the Kosciuszko Bridge at about 11.50am Monday, where a woman had climbed over the bridge's railing and was standing on a section of metal piping .
  Officers tried to calm her down as NYPD patrol boats cruised under the bridge on Newtown Creek, which connects Greenpoint in Brooklyn and Maspeth in Queens .
  A witness said the woman was a 44-year-old Polish mother-of-one who was going through a tough divorce .
  She agreed to be rescued after police talked to her about her daughter and was taken to Elmhurst Hospital .