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New York is always considered the city that never sleeps. But does it really never sleep?
First of all, very few stores remain open late, or 24/7 other than around Times Square. Most stores are open at 10 pm to 6 - 8 pm Mon - Sat, and 11 - 12 pm to 5 - 7 pm on Sundays. Some are even closed on Saturdays and/or Sundays.
Yes, the subway run 24/7 - but do people really use it at 3 am?
The city is also more than half empty on holidays.
New York is always considered the city that never sleeps. But does it really never sleep?
First of all, very few stores remain open late, or 24/7 other than around Times Square. Most stores are open at 10 pm to 6 - 8 pm Mon - Sat, and 11 - 12 pm to 5 - 7 pm on Sundays. Some are even closed on Saturdays and/or Sundays.
Yes, the subway run 24/7 - but do people really use it at 3 am?
No. No one uses the MTA at that hour. They just run it for ****s and giggles!
Yes, everyone in NYC has a 9-5 job and store hours are set accordingly. Transportation should be too, right?
Not everyone has a 9-5. There are a lot of transit workers, hospital workers, parking lot attendants, hairdressers, actors, hotel workers, lawyers, security guards, home care workers, 24hr restaurant employees, etc. who work all different hours. Even nurses, therapists and teachers who go into private homes work non-typical hours.
New York is always considered the city that never sleeps. But does it really never sleep?
First of all, very few stores remain open late, or 24/7 other than around Times Square. Most stores are open at 10 pm to 6 - 8 pm Mon - Sat, and 11 - 12 pm to 5 - 7 pm on Sundays. Some are even closed on Saturdays and/or Sundays.
Yes, the subway run 24/7 - but do people really use it at 3 am?
The city is also more than half empty on holidays.
NYC has more going on at night than most places. But you're right, there are not a ton of stores open 24/7 or extended hours on weekends if you're in midtown. Downtown has more because it's trendy and a lot of people live and play there. People do take the subway at odd hours because not everyone has the same schedule. When I took the train at some odd hour (to bring my transit worker husband his wallet) I was surprised at how many people were on at 2 a.m. He said that since the trains run less, most people who work those hours know the schedule and he would see the same people almost every day.
I don't know about other trains, but the 7 train is almost always full in the middle of the night. To say that no one uses the trains at night is a wild exaggeration. Especially on weekends when people are out
A lot of deli's and other shops are either open 24/7 or close very late. I would say Manhattan never sleeps... There is always people doing something at all hours. In more residential areas that's not really the case, but you still see a lot more people walking around than in other places
New York is always considered the city that never sleeps. But does it really never sleep?
First of all, very few stores remain open late, or 24/7 other than around Times Square. Most stores are open at 10 pm to 6 - 8 pm Mon - Sat, and 11 - 12 pm to 5 - 7 pm on Sundays. Some are even closed on Saturdays and/or Sundays.
Yes, the subway run 24/7 - but do people really use it at 3 am?
The city is also more than half empty on holidays.
I don't know where you live, but on UES when I go outside it is NEVER completely empty, there are always people out doing something. Some grocery stores are open until 9pm or 12am. Some delis are open 24/7. There are cabs on the street 24/7.
I made the mistake of going to the Genius Bar at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store at 3:00 a.m. without a reservation thinking the place would be empty. It was packed and I had a two hour wait.
I don’t know if the city never sleeps, but everything stays open much later here than elsewhere in the country. It’s easy to have a very good sit down dinner at midnight. That’s very hard to do in a city like Minneapolis, for example.
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