New York (Eagle News) — Times Square would normally be bustling and crowded with tourists, office workers and vendors shoulder to shoulder this time of year. However, with “New York State on Pause” and the closure of nonessential businesses due to the global pandemic, the crossroads of the world stood almost empty on May 28, 2020, the last day of the shutdown order. Parts of the state began phase one of the “NY Forward Reopening” plan on May 15. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that New York City is on track to enter phase one of reopening on June 8.
View of Times Square with few cars and pedestrians. (Photo by Joanne Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
A closeup of the billboards above Duffy Square thanking the frontliners for their work. (Photo by Joanne Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
A bicyclist stops to take a photo at an empty intersection in Times Square. (Photo by Joanne Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
The lights of Broadway have gone dark with shows suspended through September 6, 2020. (Photo by Joanne Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
Not immune to the crisis, Disney’s Frozen on Broadway closed after 851 performances and will be going on tour. (Photo by Joanne Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
A pedestrian crosses an empty 42nd Street. (Photo by Joanne Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
The closed theaters and shops in the foreground of 42nd Street’s towering skyscrapers. (Photo by Joanne Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
