New York City police have removed gas cans from a car parked near the offices of a city utility and say nothing suspicious has been found.
Officers earlier cleared a few blocks of Manhattan while investigating a suspicious vehicle near Union Square.
NYPD investigators located the owner of the 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, which was found in front of the Con Edison utility building near the intersection of 15th Street and Irving Place around 10pm local time.
He told police he had the gas cans in his car because he mows lawns for his family.
He parked the car in the area because he was attending a concert nearby, police said.
Chief police spokesman Paul Browne said nothing suspicious was found in the vehicle and it was likely the area would reopen
A Con Edison employee reported the vehicle.
Con Edison, a utility company, evacuated their building, spokeswoman Sara Banda told CNN.
Union Square is near Greenwich Village, New York University and the landmark Flatiron building. It sits along a major city thoroughfare.
- NZHERALD STAFF, AP
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