21 eerie photos of the empty NYC subway

Quick, what’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the NYC subway? People, right? Endless, endless people, squashing you in from all sides, with their briefcases and their strollers and their groceries and, yes, occasionally their bedbugs. There are so many folks crowding the trains and platforms that we’ve actually compiled a guide to the 33 people you will definitely see on the New York subway—but have you ever wondered what it would look like without them? The answer, as you’ll see in this slideshow, occupies the space somewhere between “serene” and “post-apocalyptic,” but 
ultimately fascinating.