NYPD ESU/SRG officers respond to an Explosion at the Port Authority on 42nd Street and 8th Ave in Manhattan, on December 11, 2017. (Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News/TNS)

NYPD ESU/SRG officers respond to an Explosion at the Port Authority on 42nd Street and 8th Ave in Manhattan, on December 11, 2017. (Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News/TNS)

Pipe bomb explodes in subway passage near Port Authority Bus Terminal, one suspect in custody

A small pipe bomb went off near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York on Monday, and the suspect was immediately taken into custody, police sources said.

The blast happened in an underground subway passage just 200 feet from the terminal at West 42nd St. and Eighth Ave., the sources said.

Port Authority cops immediately arrested the suspect, who was injured in the explosion. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital and is expected to survive, sources said.US

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