State parks officials say a 20-year-old woman was likely bitten by a juvenile shark at a suburban New York beach.

Authorities are on high alert in New York State after confirming that a 20-year-old female has been bitten in waist-deep water by a shark at the Central Mall beach at Jones Beach State Park on Long Island.

Although we're still a few weeks away from Shark Week, there was an incident at a beach in New York earlier this week that resulted in a woman going to Nassau County University Medical Center Hospital for treatment.