A body was found under a bridge in Sydney's west. Credit:Kate Geraghty The victim is thought to have been aged in his 20s. Detectives have taped off the area and streets leading to the park and the adjacent Mona Park. A child's playground is located metres from the bridge. Children on the street say they played at the playground regularly. Mahassin Donia, who lives on Cardigan Street next to the reserve, said she was shocked by the discovery.

NSW police search the crime scene. Credit:Kate Geraghty "It's a very quiet street and a nice neighbourhood; people are very nice," she said. She said she and her neighbour Fateh Ajaje, whose house is directly opposite the park, shared a coffee at the front of the house about 5pm on Wednesday and there was nothing out of the ordinary. "We didn't see anything. I went home and went to sleep," she said. "Then at 7 o'clock in the morning the police are all here."

Another neighbour, Luigi Riccardi, said he had lived on the street for 40 years. He said it was a good neighbourhood, but stolen cars were sometimes dumped in the river. "I see that maybe 10 times," he said. "You can walk on the track for nearly two kilometres and many times I see the car in the river. "The problem is younger people in drugs. Nobody can stop it.

"I live here and of course I don't feel happy at all. "The neighbourhood is all good, the people, it's no problem at all. The problem is younger people in drugs." Suzanne Roper was planning to go for a bike ride with a friend, but she was stopped by police tape along her planned route. She said police had asked her friend to remain inside her house, which was behind police tape. She claimed there had been a shooting nearby about six months ago.

"We don't have much trouble around here but we have had shootings in the street. Our street's been shot up, a lot of fast cars and hoons going up and down all the time," she said. "It's very bad, very bad for the area." A post-mortem examination will be carried out on Thursday. In a separate incident, two men repairing a fence in western Sydney found a body about 1.30pm on Wednesday. Police say they made the find on a block on Flynn Avenue in West Hoxton.

Police could not confirm whether the body was that of a male or a female. A crime scene was established. - with AAP