At about 6 p.m., police say 19-year-old Bruce Lee rode the bicycle into the center tube of the tunnel, New Jersey bound.
He said he was delivering Chinese food and that he was on Dyer Avenue in Manhattan when he was directed into the tunnel by the Waze navigation app on his phone.
Lee was found to be in possession of a dagger and placed under arrest, according to police.
He was charged with trespass and criminal possession of a weapon.
Traffic was briefly shut down during the incident.
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