Commuters riding the subway on Jan. 23:
A completely empty 7 train car in Manhattan last Friday:
The always frenetic Times Square last November:
Times Square on Saturday, hardly a soul in sight:
The Rink at Rockefeller Center two years ago this month:
The Rink last Saturday:
The Oculus in May 2019:
The Oculus, nearly empty, on Saturday:
Visitors lining up outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art last July:
The Met, temporarily closed due to the coronavirus, on Sunday:
Apple Fifth Avenue, nearly always crowded with tourists and shoppers, in April 2015:
The store — closed for two weeks, along with all other Apple stores outside of the "Greater China" region — on March 12:
The TKTS Times Square ticket booth slammed with theatergoers in April 2016:
The TKTS counters on March 12, closed after all Broadway shows were suspended:
The room where it happens — aka the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where Hamilton is performed — on March 14, 2017:
It was very quiet uptown last Friday:
The Times Square–42nd Street subway station last June:
The eerily deserted station on March 13:
Central Park's Bethesda Terrace filled with visitors on a warm June day in 2017:
The terrace on March 14 (albeit a cooler day during the coronavirus pandemic):
New York's Grand Central Station, usually filled with commuters, in September 2017:
The Main Concourse on Monday, March 16:
And finally, the iconic, pedestrian-packed Brooklyn Bridge in September 2018:
And the bridge yesterday, far less crowded than usual:
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