Crime & Safety
Penn Station Suspicious Package: Police Find Non-Threatening Suitcase, Give All Clear
Police have given the all clear at Penn Station after investigating a suspicious package, which ended up posing no threat.
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Police have given the all clear at Penn Station after investigating a suspicious package left behind at the station's entrance on West 34th Street and Seventh Avenue, an NYPD spokesman said.
The suspicious package ended up being a suitcase with nothing inside that "posed any threat," an NYPD spokesman told Patch.
Penn Station's West 34th Street Long Island Railroad entrance was closed as the NYPD bomb squad investigated the package, an NYPD spokesman said. The rest of the station's entrances remained open for the Monday evening rush hour, according to the MTA.
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All clear at the earlier suspicious package at 34th Street & 7th Avenue in Manhattan, @NYPDMTS
— J. Peter Donald (@JPeterDonald) June 5, 2017
People near Penn Station said that they were been told to avoid the area during the, according to witness accounts on social media.
The 34th Street entrance to Penn Station is closed due to police activity at street level. All other entrances remain open.
— LIRR (@LIRR) June 5, 2017
Police blocking off 34th btwn 7-8th Ave because of a suspicious package. pic.twitter.com/zTgxD5JrOD
— Jeff Rae (@jeffrae) June 5, 2017
What is happening at #pennstation? @tipsyshades and I just got asked to leave an outdoor area by cops
— (((Jonathan Katz))) (@JonathanPKatz) June 5, 2017
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