It’s every commuters dream come true!
The Hugh Carey Tunnel — formerly known as the Brooklyn Battery — looks like a scene out of an apocalypse flick in this eerie picture from the MTA.
The hard-to-believe shot of the perpetually-clogged crossing was taken last night after officials evacuated nearby Battery Park City.
It’s one of several pictures of normally bustling New York City landmarks – like Times Square subway station and Grand Central Terminal – oddly empty on the MTA’s photo-sharing page.
The agency shuttered much of its services yesterday to avoid serious damage during the storm.
The tunnel — which was renamed last week after former Gov. Hugh Carey — was open throughout the night but will be closed at 2 pm today because of the hurricane.
The Holland Tunnel will also be closed at 2 pm.
Looking at the empty streets in Manhattan today, it’d likely that few will be effected by the restrictions.
The city that never sleeps is a ghost town as the area prepares for Hurricane Sandy, expected to bear down later today.
The army of commuters who flood into the city for work and school have stayed home, desperate to avoid the gale force winds and massive rain fall predicted.
Jittery residents are also staying inside, leaving the pre-storm streets empty.
On a bright side, there’s no traffic and plenty of yellow cabs.
Officials said they will begin closing bridges — like the George Washington, the Verrazano-Narrows and the Henry Hudson Bridge — if winds reach over 60 miles per hour.
In the meantime, they have lowered the speed limit to 35 miles per hour on the George Washington, the Outerbridge Crossing, the Goethals Bridge and the Bayonne Bridge until further notice.