New York: The City That Never Sleeps

Last week The Wall Street Journal sent a bunch of their in-house photographers out in the depth of the night to shoot the New York city when most of its citizens were asleep. But even at those unearthly hours, certain parts of the city was buzzing with activity – hawkers arranging newspapers to be delivered early in the morning, policemen patrolling the streets, late night owls enjoying a drink at a bar and an occasional street peddler or two. This gallery showcases those people who are awake when most of the city is not.
Delivery man Rich Lopes carries a stack of newspapers to a vendor on Wall Streets at 5:57 a.m. (Keith Bedford For The Wall Street Journal)

Lesley Shannon, 24, and Brandon hollely, 29, kiss at the corner of 27th St. and Broadway. (Benjamin Norman for The Wall Street Journal)


A man works on his laptop in front of the Apple Store on 14th Street at 4:46 a.m. (Keith Bedford For The Wall Street Journal)

The dance floor at Enid’s in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood. (Benjamin Norman for The Wall Street Journal)

Macier Radman, in the blact hat, takes an order at a Punjab food cart on 27th St. and 5th Ave. (Benjamin Norman for The Wall Street Journal)

Italian tourists sit on the curb on 9th Avenue and 14th Street after leaving a bar at 4:58 a.m. (Keith Bedford for The Wall Street Journal)

Two couples have intimate moments on Avenue A. (Benjamin Norman for The Wall Street Journal)

A man purchases a copy of The Wall Street Journal from a vendor on Wall Street at 5:54 a.m. (Keith Bedford for The Wall Street Journal)

A young man gets sick on 2nd Street near Avenue A. (Benjamin Norman for The Wall Street Journal)

Police officers line up for roll call at Madison Square Park at 5:04 a.m. (Keith Bedford for The Wall Street Journal)

A traffic officer crosses Canal Street at 6:47a.m. (Keith Bedford for The Wall Street Journal!)

Street sweepers clean along Wall Street at 6:25 a.m. (Keith Bedford for The Wall Street Journal!)

One last drink in Union Square around 5:30 a.m. (Benjamin Norman for The Wall Street Journal)

A food vendor walks up 11th Avenue near at 47th St. (Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal)

[via The Wall Street Journal]