By Sabina Mollot

At around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, the NYPD Bomb Squad cordoned off First Avenue near the L train station on East 14th Street and the station itself after getting a 911 call about a suspicious package. However, by 5:40 p.m., the NYPD gave the all clear. As for what the package, which had been seen under a bench on the southbound platform was, a spokesperson for the department said he didn’t know other than “It wasn’t a bomb.” The photo, taken by Stuyvesant Town resident Henry Beck shows a traffic-free First Avenue at around 15th Street at 5:30 p.m. today.

The suspicious package at E. 14th Street / 1st Avenue on the @mta L line has been deemed safe by the @NYPDCT Bomb Squad pic.twitter.com/4iNols7ZJU

— NYPDCounterterrorism (@NYPDCT) August 15, 2017