The suspected bomber was 27-year-old Akayed Ullah, as per New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill.
Mr O'Neill said he was wearing an "ad libbed, low-tech, hazardous gadget connected to his body", which he exploded purposefully.
The bomber endured consumes and different injuries and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan.
Ullah originated from Chittagong, Bangladesh and entered the US with his folks and kin in 2011 on an outsider visa.
Bangladesh isn't one of the six nations influenced by President Trump's travel ban.
White House representative Sarah Sanders said Ullah had entered the US because of an arrangement permitting movement in view of family ties.
Mr Trump needs to end this strategy - and Mrs Sanders said his arrangement would "have kept this individual going to the United States".
Ullah turned into a lasting US occupant, living in Brooklyn, New York City. Bangladeshi police said he keep going went to the nation on 8 September.
Law authorization authorities in the US told the Associated Press news organization that Ullah was roused by the Islamic State assemble - however had not had coordinate contact with them.
Mr O'Neill said Ullah "made articulations however we're not going to discuss that correct at this point".
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission revealed to CNN that Ullah held a cab driver's permit from March 2012 to March 2015.
He didn't drive a New York yellow taxi or for Uber.
The Inspector General of Police in Bangladesh, AKM Shahidul Haque, said Ullah had no criminal record in Bangladesh.
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