a baby boy was briefly left alone in a stroller inside a Dunkin' Donuts in the Bronx on Tuesday morning, police said. The child, believed to be 3 to 4 months old, was found at 8:05 a.m. at 1791 Westchester Ave. in Soundview and remained unattended for about 20 minutes before officers from the 43rd Precinct responded to a 911 call about the abandoned child.
A Brooklyn school was evacuated Tuesday morning after someone from California phoned in a bomb threat, officials said. Administrators at I.S. 49, the William Gaynor Intermediate School, on Graham Ave. near Scholes St., in East Williamsburg - just two blocks from the Grand St. Campus, which houses three high schools - ordered the school evacuated after the threat was made around 8:30 a.m., cops said. The phone call, police said, came from California. The threat was made to the New York State Police.
In a surprising incident, a grenade was discovered near a toilet in a Brooklyn building, prompting an immediate evacuation and a Bomb Squad response. The NYPD acted swiftly, securing the area and ensuring public safety.