Threat Sparks Police Sweep Of Fort Greene School: Cops

FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN — Cops searched a Fort Greene public school building Thursday afternoon after a threat was made against the school, police said.

Police were sent to the building at 225 Adelphi St. — where The Clinton Hill School and the Academy of Arts and Letters both are housed — around 3 p.m. after hearing that someone had possibly made a threat, an NYPD spokesperson said.

Cops swept the school to make sure there was no danger and had determined that the building was safe by around 4:30 p.m., according to police and the The Department of Education.

The NYPD spokesperson did not have immediate details about what the initial threat was.

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