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Long Island City School Evacuated After Bomb Threat, Police Say

Students and teachers have re-entered Hunters Point Community Middle School after a bomb threat forced them to evacuate, police said.

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The threat at Hunters Point Community Middle School?, on 51st Avenue and Center Boulevard, was made around 10:30 a.m. when someone made a phone call to the school's front desk, an NYPD spokesperson said.
The threat at Hunters Point Community Middle School?, on 51st Avenue and Center Boulevard, was made around 10:30 a.m. when someone made a phone call to the school's front desk, an NYPD spokesperson said. (Google Maps)

LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS ? A bomb threat made against a Long Island City middle school forced hundreds of students and teachers to evacuate the building Tuesday morning ? but the situation has since been cleared, police said.

The threat at Hunters Point Community Middle School, on 51st Avenue and Center Boulevard, was made around 10:30 a.m. when someone made a phone call to the school's front desk, an NYPD spokesperson said.

Around 1,000 students and staff members had to evacuate the building, police said.

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By 12:45 p.m., police had deemed the situation safe and had allowed everyone to re-enter the building, an NYPD spokesperson said.

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