Twenty photos of NYC's busiest places that are now completely empty

It's a ghost town out there.

With many NYC companies asking employees to work from home and with venues and museums close up over coronavirus fears, the city's streets, subways and transportation hubs are creepily empty.

Take a look at some of our most-traveled spaces that are now eerily quiet. 

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Rockaway Park

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Sunset photography is life 📷 #queens #newyork #newyorkcity #mta #trainstation #beautiful #scenery #likeforlikes #america #instagram #igers #gorgeous #view #sunsetporn #instalike #travel #orange #yellow #skies #clouds #sun #sunset #colors #love #2020 #sweet #pic #photooftheday

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Central Park

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Social distancing....

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West Side Highway

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Hudson River _ West Side Highway 🛣 Empty Covid-19 Outbreak 😷 _ One World Trade Center’ Chinatown _ Times Square & Park Avenue Manhattan NYC @sonamempire “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ #sonamempire @jimmynj300 “ . . . . . . . . #picoftheday #oneworldtradecenter #fox5ny #newyork #newyork_instagram #nbc4ny #abc7ny #cbsnewyork #nyc #ig_color #newyorkcity #newyorkers #city_of_newyork #streetphotography #traveller #travelphotography #travelling #nyc #hudsonriver #architecturephotography #naturephotography #photooftheday #ig_nycity #bestoftheday #nightphotography #hudsonriver #nikon_photography #landscapephotography

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Avenue of the Americas

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Radio City vacant. Very surreal. . #newyorkcity #nyc #nycphotographer #newyork #quarantine #coronavirus #ghosttown #nikon #nikond850 #nikkor #nikonnofilter #d850 #urbanphotography #printsforsale #photography #photojournalism #surreal #strangedays @nikonusa #emptystreets #documentaryphotography #history #radiocitymusichall #radiocity @radiocitymusichall #empty

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Lexington Avenue

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Yesterday morning, Sunday March 22, 2020, around 10am - this is how Lexington Avenue looked like. No big surprise it looks like a ghost city. I’m counting the days I will be able to ride my bike and do new live videos biking across a loud, noisy, traffic, happy New York City! In the meantime... #goodvibesonly 🤗 👀 #newyork_eyes #lexingtonavenue

A post shared by Andrea - NYC Lover! (@newyork_eyes) on Mar 23, 2020 at 4:40pm PDT

Times Square

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My neighborhood.... . Goodnight NYC... . . . . . . . . . . . . . #what_i_saw_in_nyc #sonyalpha #nycprimeshot #wonderful_places #natgeo #ig_worldclub #bucketlisters #earth #ig_all_americas #icapture_nyc #bealpha #usaprimeshot #ig_color #newyearseve #artofvisuals #createcommune #nbc4ny #nyc #loves_nyc #ig_nycity #newyork #complex #teampixel #earthpix #instagram #moodygrams

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Dumbo's Manhattan Bridge Instagram spot

holy crap you know it’s bad when the instagram street is empty pic.twitter.com/pmJkfdpbtS

— David Mack (@davidmackau) March 17, 2020

Union Square Subway Station

Union Square Station on March 12, 2020 at 11:45am #ghosttown #shutdownNYC pic.twitter.com/NnXhVRLr1q

— Maru Segovia (@marusegovia) March 15, 2020

Times Square

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😳 if i even THINK I see a zombie... I’m so out. #iamlegend #quarantine #corona #coronavirus #nyc #staystrong #quietcity also remember to #like and #follow 😅

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New York Public Library

#ghosttown #NYC #library #emptystreets pic.twitter.com/LzpAgbqWxi

— Luis D. (@LuisD018) March 18, 2020

Penn Station

Perspectives NYC Trash cans on Penn Station platforms usually don’t catch my attention, but these did. #NYC #trains #cityscape pic.twitter.com/gbiPiK2sN4

— johnswan (@johnswan) March 18, 2020

Oculus

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Occulus NYC looks like a ghost town on a Friday night. I even biked across the ground floor! #emptynyc #emptynycday #coronavirusnyc #nyc #coronavirus #nyc #occulusnyc #ghosttownnyc

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Chinatown

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Look at Chinatown East Broadway. Dead quite. #NYC #chinatownnyc #eastbroadway #deadsilence #ghostcity #coronavirus #covid_19 #photography #streetphotography #streetphotographer #manhattan #manhattanbridge

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Madison Square Park

 

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It's quiet out there, NYC. ••• #madisonsquarepark #abandoned #lunchtime #pandemic #emptynyc #coronavirus #covid_19 #instagay #gaytsuris #brooklyngay #nycgay #gaynyc #newyorkcity #newyork #nyc #ny

A post shared by Joe (@joeschulz.nyc) on Mar 12, 2020 at 8:37am PDT

Grand Central Terminal

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Not too busy at Grand Central. . . . .#avlphotographer #instagood #bnw #bnwphotography #bnwphoto #bnw_life #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #bnw_city #top_bnw #top_bnw_photo #bnw_greatshots #bnw_legit #bnw_demand #bnw_of_our_world #nycphoto #nyc #newyork #manhattan #nycphotography #foto_blackwhite #empty #emptynyc

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Times Square

 

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I worked from my co’s Times Sq office today. I took this photo at 2pm. It is NEVER this empty. Stay healthy everyone! #nyc #timessquare #coronavirus #coronavirusnyc #stateofemergency #newyork

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Port Authority

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Coronavirus rush hour Port Authority 😷@panynj #coronavirusnyc @cbsnews @cnn @nbcnews

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Queensbridge Plaza Subway Station

Queensbridge Plaza station eerily empty pic.twitter.com/aLT5YFFEWu

— Jeanmarie Evelly (@JeanmarieEvelly) March 13, 2020

Subways

Not so rush hour in nyc pic.twitter.com/DTUA7u7JJ3

— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) March 12, 2020

Manhattan

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Okay, NYC 🌆 🍎 🗽 ... life must go on 💥. Classes are still “on” tonight for Cycle Shred 🚲 and tomorrow's spin class 🚲. We’re all doing our best to stay HEALTHY and to stay FIT during these very “strange” times. Wishing all of you well ❤️! . . . . . . . . . #feliciawalker #feliciasspinpage #fridayfeels #fridayvibes #weekendmode #letsgo #takecareofyourself #health #healthyhabits #stayhealthy #selfcare #nyc #nycsafe #nyclove #nycoach #nycity #iggotthis #igfitness #igfit #instamood #instafit #spring #springiscoming #springbreak

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