Photos of New York City during the coronavirus crisis

The Empire State Building was topped with a swirling red light to indicate the city’s state of emergency.

Because of the overwhelming number of virus-related deaths, these hospital workers use a refrigerator truck as a makeshift morgue.

Here, another body is loaded into a refrigerator truck.

Here, the USNS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship, sits in front of the midtown skyline. The ship was sent to take some of the strain off of the already-crowded hospitals on land.

New Yorkers greeted the USNS Comfort as it traveled north on the Hudson River on March 30, 2020.

Discarded protective equipment piles up in the garbage outside of a funeral home.

Members of the Army National Guard patrol the perimeter at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The event venue has been converted into a temporary hospital amid the COVID-19 emergency.

U.S. Army personnel staff the makeshift hospital at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

These cubicles will function as hospital rooms.

This convention center is where they normally host New York’s Comic Con. Now, soldiers and citizens must pass a preliminary screening — comprised of questions and a temperature check — before entering the facility.

Army Specialist Daniel Fields takes a patient’s blood pressure at the Javits New York Medical Station.

Grand Central Terminal is all but abandoned.

As positive cases of COVID-19 ballooned in New York City, someone put a mask on the Fearless Girl statue.

The New York Stock Exchange floor was closed in March to allow workers to trade remotely.

Before NYSE traders were sent home, some wore medical masks and gloves to work. Traders have been working remotely since Monday, March 23.

A health care worker wears protective gear over most of his body while moving a deceased patient into a makeshift morgue in Brooklyn.

An ambulance enters the Bronx Zoo, where a tiger tested positive for the coronavirus. This case is the first known animal infection in the United States. Several other of the zoo’s big cats have also exhibited symptoms of the infection.

Ducks congregate on the grass in Liberty State Park in New Jersey, with the Statue of Liberty visible in the background.

On the East Meadow lawn of Central Park, a temporary hospital equipped with 68 beds was built to accommodate the overflow of COVID-19 patients.

This is what it looks like inside the temporary hospital tents.

The sidewalk outside of one emergency room reads “NYC loves you,” a message of support for health care workers.

Here, another person writes words of encouragement outside New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital.

Despite the outpouring of public support, some medical professionals, like this nurse in the Bronx, say they still don’t have enough personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep them safe from virus exposure.

Some local companies are making thousands of protective hospital gowns for the city’s health care workers. Employees sewing the gowns wear shirts reminding others to keep their distance.

The Oculus World Trade Center transportation hub sits virtually empty under the fog. 

The Fearless Girl statue stands facing the New York Stock Exchange. On March 16, 2020, stocks suffered their worst single day in more than 30 years.

The New York Times office is also closed.

Broadway theaters remain closed during the lockdown.

Performances at Radio City Music Hall have been postponed indefinitely.

This was the scene on the Central Park mall on March 31, 2020.

The Brooklyn Bridge walkway is usually packed with people walking dogs, jogging and taking pictures. During the coronavirus crisis, there’s no one in sight.

The rink at Rockefeller Center closed in early 2020 because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Protective masks are displayed in a store window in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood.

Amazon Prime deliveries are still making their way to customers, despite a protest in Staten Island on March 31, 2020.

Medical workers in Staten Island pose with donated medical supplies.

A health care worker takes a walk near the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn.

Oxygen and ventilators have been a hot topic on the national political stage. Here, a shipment of oxygen arrives at a Brooklyn hospital.

Pharmacy workers talk with customers from behind thick sheets of plastic to try to limit transmission of the virus.

It’s not just the American military bringing much-needed medical supplies to New York. A Russian Aerospace Forces plane brought a delivery of supplies to John F. Kennedy International Airport.

A woman in a red studded mask pauses as she takes a walk along an empty Wall Street on April 2, 2020.

A man in a surgical mask sits on the sidewalk reading a newspaper.

Children eat and play on a balcony during the COVID-19 lockdown. Many public spaces, including playgrounds, are closed until further notice.

Some grocery stores, like Trader Joe’s, have implemented social distancing protocols to ensure customers have plenty of space to shop safely. 

Here, Brooklyn shoppers wear masks and gloves to protect themselves and others.

Lines outside of stores are perforated by six-foot gaps.

A woman reads a sign outside of a Manhattan Trader Joe’s announcing that the store is temporarily closed for deep-cleaning amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

On March 13, 2020, this store was all but emptied as panic buying struck the city.

In this Bushwick market, both customers and cashiers wear masks.

The subway system, an inextricable part of life in the city, is running with far fewer passengers.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is actively discouraging people from using public transit. This sign in Times Square reads, “Do the right thing. Don’t ride the subway if you don’t have to.”

Here, two NYPD officers walk through the empty Oculus transit hub at One World Trade Center.

But some people still need to ride the subway to get to work at essential jobs.

More people are wearing face masks as a precaution.

This man wore something resembling a gas mask on the subway on March 31, 2020.

Others wear gloves to avoid touching surfaces like subway poles with their bare hands.

Some streets are closed to vehicle traffic to give pedestrians more space to walk. An NYPD officer directs cars away from those streets.

This sign marks the beginning of one such “Open Streets” area. These paths allow people to properly exercise social distancing while walking outside.

In one “Open Streets” area, two people rollerblade down Park Avenue.

Here is another view of the eerily empty Times Square from March 31, 2020.

Normally bustling streets in Harlem are quiet during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Fifth Avenue is devoid of traffic as many New Yorkers remain at home to stop the spread of coronavirus.

A person in a mask walks two dogs in Central Park.

In this photo, Governor Andrew Cuomo is seen at a March 30 press conference discussing temporary hospitals around the city.

The Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens was also being converted into a temporary hospital. 

Mayor Bill de Blasio toured the tennis courts at the Billie Jean King Center, which will soon house 350 hospital beds for coronavirus patients.

The digital billboard outside of Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, flashes “Stay Safe, Stay Home.”

A sign at the Asian Garden Chinese restaurant notes that service will resume on May 1, 2020.

Ice cream trucks remained parked during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Companies were ordered to pause many construction projects, leaving heavy machinery parked in the street.

Even the highways leading into the city are empty. Signs encourage drivers to comply with social distancing measures.