Coast Guard crews were searching for a missing person in the waters off Staten Island after a boat capsized Sunday, leaving at least three people dead officials said.

A boat sank in the Ambrose Channel near Queens on Sunday, killing three people and injuring two others while one person remains missing, officials said. Authorities were alerted to a vessel taking on water near Breezy Point just before 12:05 p.m., according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

At least three people have died and two are injured after a boat capsized off the coast of New York, police in the US have said. The vessel sent out a distress call from the Ambrose Channel just after noon on Sunday. One of the injured is in a critical condition and another is described as stable, NBC, Sky's US partner, said.

Officials said one person was missing and two people were hospitalized after the boat, with six aboard, overturned on Sunday in the Ambrose Channel.

Two others were hospitalized, one in critical condition and one in stable condition, according to authorities.

A search is underway for a missing person in the water near the coast of New York after a boat capsized with six people on it, leaving three dead and two hospitalized.

Four people have died, one is hospitalized and one person is still missing after a boat sank in the waters between Queens and Staten Island on Sunday, officials say.