Police took to Twitter to update the public on the latest developments in the operation.
Earlier on Thursday, the NYPD said that they were responding to a report of a suspected package.
“Due to a police investigation please avoid the area of West 45 Street to 48 Street on Broadway to 7th Avenue in Manhattan. Update to follow,” the official NYPD News Twitter account said.
A part of Times Square was evacuated after something resembling a “cookie tin” was thrown toward people in Father Duffy Square. There is no indication the object was a real device, but precautions are being taken given the ongoing bomb threat in Washington, DC.