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City sleeps: A look at the empty New York City streets amid the coronavirus

Efforts to contain spread of virus have totally altered the usual New Yorker way of life

Published: March 23, 2020 14:10 Compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Digital Content Producer

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Empty_New_York_Photo_Gallery_37837.jpg-cdd19-1584957139007 — Efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus have completely altered the usual New Yorker way of life, grinding the "city that never sleeps" to a halt in the last week after it became one of the nation’s epicenters for the fast-spreading coronavirus. | Above: A woman walks through a lightly trafficked Times Square in New York Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Empty_New_York_Photo_Gallery_33640.jpg-a3250~1-1584957145655 — Nearly 2,000 people have been hospitalised in the state with the virus and 114 have died, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. More than 15,000 have tested positive statewide, including 9,000 in New York City. | Above: A pedestrian walks her dog through a quiet street, in the Brooklyn borough of New York Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Empty_New_York_Photo_Gallery_75056.jpg-7f40b-1584957151984 — A desolate Times Square still lit up with no one on the streets. The usually bustling Grand Central Terminal empty, except for a lone traveler. Only a few people snapping selfies on the Brooklyn Bridge, instead of the horde of commuters and tourists that usually venture across the iconic span. | Above: A police officer walks across an empty 7th Avenue in a sparsely populated Times Square Image Credit: AP

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Charging Bull — The Charging Bull (above), a popular tourist attraction near the Stock Exchange normally surrounded by tourists, stood alone with no one in sight. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of MARKETS-1584957185167 — The impact on the usually bustling city were visible throughout Manhattan. | Above: A quiet street in Manhattan Image Credit: NYT

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Empty_New_York_Photo_Gallery_24902.jpg-279d3-1584957121494 — A lone pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks past the New York Stock Exchange in New York Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_New_York_44654.jpg-05421-1584957159712 — A cyclist rides his bicycle down the middle of a main road in downtown New York Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_New_York_83732.jpg-a2c80-1584957167046 — A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks by a shuttered movie theater off Times Square, in New York Image Credit: AP

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Copy of VIRUS-COPING-1584957182180 — A pedestrian on a quiet street in Manhattan Image Credit: NYT

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Empty_New_York_Photo_Gallery_63667.jpg-b54de-1584957163290 — The Minskoff Theatre is shuttered in New York, near Times Square after Broadway theaters closed following Governor Andrew Cuomo's banning of gatherings of more than 500 people over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_New_York_69693.jpg-b8d95-1584957170479 — A pedestrian stands along in a sparsely populated transit hub in the downtown financial district as retail stores remain shuttered due to COVID-19 concerns, in New York Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Empty_New_York_17803.jpg-41e9a-1584957128181 — A solitary subway customer stands on an empty platform in the morning hours in New York Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Empty_New_York_Photo_Gallery_10730.jpg-ae2f6-1584957156192 — Ines Tshiyomba, center, poses as her friend Garethe Mawonso takes her photo on the Brooklyn Bridge which is normally packed with tourists and commuters in New York Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_New_York_25612.jpg-465d3-1584957179681 — The Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive or FDR, a parkway on the east side of New York is seen with few vehicles Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Empty_New_York_Photo_Gallery_30429.jpg-24b12-1584957148249 — A lone pedestrian walks his dog past the New York Stock Exchange as COVID-19 concerns empty a typically bustling downtown area in New York Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Empty_New_York_Photo_Gallery_41781.jpg-2bca1~1-1584957135557 — Subway riders wear protective masks and gloves on a sparsely populated car during morning hours due to COVID-19 concerns that are driving down ridership, in New York Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_New_York_77629.jpg-9a101-1584957172993 — A single vehicle heads downtown along the west side highway as COVID-19 concerns empties a typically busy thoroughfare, in New York Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Empty_New_York_Photo_Gallery_60545.jpg-0fbce-1584957131619 — A traveller stands at the information desk at Grand Central Terminal, in New York Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_New_York_59231.jpg-7ef3d-1584957176484 — The road which runs through Central Park is free of traffic in New York Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Empty_New_York_Photo_Gallery_35159.jpg-9917e-1584957142310 — A security guard walks through a sparsely populated transit hub in the downtown financial district as retail stores remain shuttered due to COVID-19 concerns, in New York Image Credit: AP

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