The NYPD cop whose life was cut short when he crashed his motorcycle on his way to work early Thursday was a married father of three, including a newborn, police sources said.

Marc St. Arromand, 42, of Long Island lost control of his motorcycle as he was travelling in the westbound lane of the Belt Parkway near the Merrick Boulevard exit in Queens around 5:30 a.m., cops said.

The 16-year cop veteran — who was assigned to the NYPD’s Highway Patrol Unit 2 in Brooklyn — struck a guardrail and fell off his 2011 Yamaha motorcycle, police said.

Arromand, who authorities say was wearing a helmet at the time of the wreck, was discovered lying in the left lane of the parkway, unconscious and unresponsive.

He was rushed to Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital in Nassau County, where he died.

Sources say Arromand had a newborn baby boy and two other sons, aged 2 and 4, with his wife, Cecilia Jackson, who also has a 9-year-old girl and an 11-year-old girl from a previous relationship.

Friends and fellow cops gathered outside of Arromand’s two-story home in Elmont hours after his death.

“Everyone’s grieving right now. His kids are inside. They don’t know yet,” a cop pal said Thursday afternoon.

Neighbor Ralph Cammarota, 84, called Arromand “a terrific guy.”

“He was constantly working on the lawn, the house,” Cammarota said. “Just a very courteous guy. It’s very sad.”

Another teary-eyed neighbor recalled how Arromand welcomed him to the neighborhood when he moved in last month.

“He gave me his phone number, said if I need anything, call him,” the neighbor said. ”He was such a nice guy. I feel so, so bad about this.”

NYPD Chief of Transportation Thomas Chan stopped by Arromand’s home to give his condolences to the family.

“It’s a beautiful family. His kids are just adorable,” Chan said outside the home. “His wife is holding up for now, but it’s very tough on the family.”

Chan said the older children are aware of their father’s death, “but sometimes it doesn’t hit them right away.”

“We feel so, so bad. It’s a terrible thing,” said Chan.

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