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Suspicious Package Briefly Closes Broadway Near Occupy Wall Street

By DNAinfo Staff on November 8, 2011 11:30am

Volunteers at Zuccotti Park's comfort center hand out scarves and other cold-weather items to demonstrators on Fri., Oct. 28, 2011.
Volunteers at Zuccotti Park's comfort center hand out scarves and other cold-weather items to demonstrators on Fri., Oct. 28, 2011.
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DNAinfo/Patrick Hedlund

By Julie Shapiro and Nicole Bode

DNAinfo Staff

MANHATTAN — Police shut down a stretch of Broadway next to Occupy Wall Street's Zuccotti Park encampment after getting a report of a suspicious package at the corner of the park, officials said.

Calls of a suspicious package at Broadway and Liberty Street, the northeast corner of Zuccotti park, came in at 10:32 a.m. Tuesday, fire officials said.

The street was shut down between Cedar and Cortlandt streets by 11:10 a.m. Tuesday, according to the city's Office of Emergency Management. It reopened shortly after 11:30 a.m., police said.

Barricades were placed around the park during the incident, according to reports.

Police said they were investigating.