Bomb Scare Forces Evacuation Of Middle School In Brooklyn: NYPD

BROOKLYN, NY — A Brooklyn school was forced to evacuate Tuesday morning after a bomb threat was phoned in from across the country, police said.

Administrators at I.S. 49, also known as the William Gaynor Intermediate School, on Graham Ave. near Maujer St., in East Williamsburg, evacuated the building Tuesday morning following a reported threat, according to officials.

The threat was initially reported to New York State Police, who then alerted the NYPD.

According to News12 Brooklyn, the caller claimed a bomb had been planted in a bathroom on the school’s first floor.

The school was quickly evacuated, and police launched an immediate investigation, according to police. Authorities later determined the call originated from a California phone number and found the threat to be unfounded.

This marks the third false threat made to a Brooklyn school this year. Just months earlier, two Brooklyn high schools received back-to-back shooting threats, prompting a swift police response.

According to police, the first call came in around 8:13 a.m. to Brooklyn Prospect High School. Just two minutes later, a similar threat was made to Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School in East Flatbush, with both calls placed within minutes of each other.

Prior to that, a high school student in Queens was taken into custody after allegedly making an online threat to shoot up his school. Police later found a loaded gun on him, authorities said.