Jewish Children's Museum in Brooklyn evacuated due to bomb threat, NYPD say

The threat was sent to the museum around 9.30am Google Maps

The Jewish Children's Museum in Brooklyn has been evacuated due to a bomb threat, the NYPD said.

The threat was sent to the museum around 9.30am and police are investigating.

It comes two days after a series of bomb threats prompted evacuations at several Jewish community centres across the US.

Every US senator has signed a letter calling for greater federal help in tackling the new wave of bomb threats.

“We’ve never seen such a period of concentrated threats against the Jewish community,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told a news conference.

“The last few weeks are more troubling than anything I’ve seen in many, many years.”