Marymount Manhattan Shuts Down Campus After Bomb Threats: School

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Recent bomb and shooting threats have prompted the administration at the Upper East Side's Marymount Manhattan College to close down its main campus, according to an email sent to the school's alumni.

The college's campus, which consists of two academic buildings and a townhouse on East 71st and 72nd streets between Second and Third avenues, shut down on Tuesday and has yet to reopen, according to an email sent by the school's president Kerry Walk.

"The NYPD determined that the threats were not credible, but the College has nonetheless taken maximum precautions to ensure the safety of our students, faculty, and staff," the president's message reads.

The NYPD has taken one person into custody in connection with the threats, according to school officials. College officials believe that the person also attempted to enter school buildings on numerous occasions in recent weeks, but failed to make it past security. The person also allegedly bothered male students outside campus buildings in an attempt to learn information about a former Marymount student who attended the school in 2017, Walk said in the email sent to alumni.

Marymount Manhattan buildings separate from the main campus such as dorms were not affected by the security measures. School officials are working with the NYPD to determine when to reopen the main campus.

"This has been a stressful, frustrating, and challenging experience for many in our campus community," Walk wrote in an email.