When New York Sleeps

The Wall Street Journal sent several photographers out overnight to shoot the New York city during the hours when most of its citizens are sleeping. These are some of the pictures they returned with. Also see, New York: The City That Never Sleeps

Steam escapes from a manhole in Times Square late at night. (Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal)


Chairs sit unattended in Bryant Park. (Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal)

People exit Port Authority on Eighth Avenue. (Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal)

Passing time at the TKTS booth in Times Square (Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal)

On the steps of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street (Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal) 

Outside Grand Central Terminal (Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal)

Inside Grand Central Terminal (Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal)

The Oyster Bar in Grand Central Terminal (Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal)

Biking across the Brooklyn Bridge (Keith Bedford for The Wall Street Journal)

Early morning at the carriage horse stables on 48th Street and 11th Avenue (Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal) 

Street trash on Broadway north of Union Square (Benjamin Norman for The Wall Street Journal)

Raising the flag on Broad Street in the financial district (Keith Bedford for The Wall Street Journal)
[via The Wall Street Journal]