NYPD Bomb Squad Clears Car Left Sitting Outside 120 Broadway

FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NY — The NYPD was called to check out a suspicious vehicle on Cedar Street near Broadway on Monday morning. After shutting down the street and calling in the bomb squad, the car was deemed to be safe, a police spokesman said.

The car was parked on Cedar Street at the corner of Broadway right outside 120 Broadway, a building which houses multiple government agencies, including Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the Department of City Planning. The Downtown Alliance, which manages the Downtown-Lower Manhattan Business Improvement District, is also headquartered in the building.

The bomb squad was called in at about 8:45 a.m., and the car was deemed safe about a half hour later.

The building is also located across the street from Zuccotti Park, the site of Occupy Wall Street protests in 2011.

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