Closed Manhattan Stores

Just a look at stores around Manhattan which are closed due to COVID-19.

New York Public Library
this was taken before the lockdown, which is why the sign optimistically says they'll re-open after March 31

Express

never understood why you'd open a year-round Christmas store...

souvenir store

Joe Coffee in Bryant Park

even many laundromats are closed

99 Cent Pizza closed; Taco Mix open

and of course Game Stop is still open since the company doesn't care about its employees or customers

NYC Penn Station during Coronavirus

So the other day emergency calls in NYC topped 7000, breaking a new record yet again.

Below are Penn Station photos from Friday, March 20, 2020 around 6:30pm

NJ Transit area

Rush hour in The Pit

Main Concourse area closed off

Amtrak area

Walkway between ACE Subway and LIRR

Even Starbucks is closed

Grand Central Terminal during Coronavirus

While it's actually not too hard to get empty photos of Grand Central Terminal (since the terminal closes from 2am-5am), it's definitely unusual to find it so empty during rush hour.

Below are some side by side comparisons of Grand Central Terminal. Left photos are from December 29, 2019 at around 6:30PM and the right photos are from March 19, 2020 at around 6PM.

from 42nd St

facing west

Some additional photos from March 19, 2020

Of course, this is a good sign since it means most people are staying home (unlike me, who still has to go in to work at least twice a week... )

Little Bay Park during Coronavirus

Going for a walk at Little Bay Park by Fort Totten while maintaining social distance

people staying in their cars while watching sunset

people keeping their distance from others

Throgs Neck Bridge