Two inactive grenades were found on Tuesday afternoon in front of 948 Eastern Parkway at the corner of Troy Avenue in Crown Heights.
The discovery led to a heavy police presence and the temporary shutdown of Eastern Parkway, a main artery in the Brooklyn neighborhood.
The NYPD Crime Scene Unit (CSU), a part of the NYPD Detective Bureau’s Forensic Investigations Division, rushed to the scene at approximately 3 pm, along with the police bomb squad.
The grenades were found in a building housing a mental health facility and institute for community living.
Traffic delays, road closures and a heavy presence of emergency personnel followed the incident in the area of Eastern Parkway and Troy Avenue.
This report first appeared on the COLlive.com website.
