The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (which was recently renamed as the
Hugh L. Cary Tunnel) will close at 2:00 p.m. today.
Public Spaces Empty as Sandy Strikes
Grand Central Terminal, where some 750,000 commuters pass through daily,
closed on Oct. 28, as Hurricane Sandy made its approach to the East Coast.
Public Spaces Empty as Sandy Strikes
Designed by the architectural firms Reed & Stem and Warren & Wetmore, Grand Central Terminal appears here
after the last train departs before Hurricane Sandy arrives.
Public Spaces Empty as Sandy Strikes
One of the New York subway system's
busiest platforms, empty of rail riders.
Public Spaces Empty as Sandy Strikes
This image of an
empty Times Square subway station could be any station, since New York City—like Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.—has closed its public transit for the storm.
Public Spaces Empty as Sandy Strikes
Soldiers maintain their vigil outside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Va.,
despite the storm.