A tin that was left on a bench in Times Square was deemed “suspicious” and triggered a Times Square shutdown Thursday afternoon, cops said.

Specialty units were called in around 12:30 p.m. after somebody spotted the tin on a bench at West 46th Street and Seventh Avenue.

“Preliminarily, it appears to be a tin,” a police spokeswoman said.

“Due to a police investigation please avoid the area of West 45 Street to 48 Street on Broadway to 7th Avenue in Manhattan,” the NYPD wrote on Twitter. “Update to follow.”

The NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit and Bomb Squad were activated, she said.