NYPD choppers near 28th ave and 45th street

Rumor has it that a cleaning crew came into an apartment to clear out after someone died and found grenades and possible radioactive material.

Cleaning crew at hospital being tested. Cops circling in choppers and other vehicles as explosives get checked out.

Photo of the block where this madness is happening

Streets closed from at least 44th - 45th and 28th Aves.

Tags: crime, death, investigation, nypd

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on May 24, 2011 at 4:17pm

anyone else know anything?

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Permalink Reply by Ran Craycraft on May 24, 2011 at 4:29pm

Stay tuned, more details are coming in...

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on May 24, 2011 at 4:29pm

I know the guy's name ( perhaps) but did not want to post it.

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Permalink Reply by John Drobenko on May 24, 2011 at 4:45pm

I heard that it was an older gentleman that passed away and they found ww2 munitions

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Permalink Reply by Ran Craycraft on May 24, 2011 at 4:45pm

Of course, we hate rumors as much as you do...buuuut a friend of a friend has passed on the info that the apartment the police are investigating belongs to a man named Harry Melnick.

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on May 24, 2011 at 4:50pm

Isn't that the same last name of the guy who runs the Historical Society?

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Permalink Reply by Catherine Penfold on May 24, 2011 at 4:55pm

If you're thinking Rich Melnik, then no it's not him. He is part of Greater Astoria Historical Society (as is Bob Singleton). I'd stake money on neither of them having explosive materials in their homes. Plus, neither of them are dead.