The bodies of two unidentified men were found on railroad tracks in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn on Thursday.

The police said that the bodies were found 10 feet apart on the tracks in the area of 61st Street and 15th Avenue, and that the cause of the deaths was unknown.

A group of homeless people have a makeshift camp under an overpass in that area of the tracks, local residents said, and on Thursday evening the area was strewn with blankets and discarded alcohol bottles. A freight train idled nearby as police officers investigated the scene.

“I see homeless people walking down the tracks and drinking all the time here,” said Nate Gluck, 30, who said he had lived in the neighborhood all his life. “A lot of people live here.”