Viral New York

A visual diary of the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City, March 2020

Subway, Tuesday, March 3

At this relatively early stage of the outbreak in New York City, few people we wearing masks still—probably fewer than 1 in 100 people—but the subway often seemed a little emptier already.

14th Street Subway, Thursday, March 5

Sign outside a West Village vape shop, updated Thursday March 5, Monday March 9, and Tuesday March 10

New York Times alert, Saturday, March 7

New York Times, Sunday, March 8

WHO poster in the men’s restroom at work, Monday, March 9

Elizabeth Street, NoLIta, Monday, March 9

Bowery Station, Lower East Side, Monday, March 9

There was a long line of people waiting to get into Webster Hall to my immediate left when I took this photo—just three days before gatherings of over 500 people were banned in New York City.

Lower East Side, Monday, March 9

Chinatown, Tuesday, March 10

West 4th Subway Platform, Thursday, March 12

Temporarily Reduced Occupancy, Young Ethel’s, Park Slope, Saturday, March 14