Police have closed down portions of two Albany streets due to a black bear spotted in a tree.
The Albany Police Department announced just before 10 a.m. today that it had closed Second Avenue between Hoffman and Frisbie avenues, as well as Garden Street at Raymo Street, to all traffic.
WAMC observed the bear still calmly perched on a branch as of 11 a.m., and a crowd had gathered to see the scene.