New York City Looks Like A Ghost Town As People Stay Out Of The Snowstorm

Public transportation is temporarily shut down around New York City, so most people are staying indoors to avoid the snowstorm that's expected to slam the East Coast.

Some parts of the city were expected to get up to three feet of snow, but the storm has fallen short of predictions, according to CBS News.

Nevertheless, photos from around the city show places that are usually bustling with people standing empty.

MetroNorth rail service has been suspended, and the main area of Grand Central looks eerie:

Have you ever seen @GrandCentralNYC empty? Photo from the @MTA, as all @MetroNorth remains suspended. #NY1snow pic.twitter.com/LO6de1eDpV

- Jamie Stelter (@JamieStelter) January 27, 2015

Penn Station is empty as well:

An eerily empty Penn Station as service is shutdown due to #Blizzard2015 pic.twitter.com/fOyp2r6YAj

- LIRR (@LIRR) January 27, 2015

Streets near Herald Square, which is usually packed with people, were clear last night:

34th street deserted. #ny1snow. pic.twitter.com/2Y254di6ib

- Josh Robin (@joshrobin) January 27, 2015

Barely any cars were on the road:

It's 11pm, do you know where your car is? #NY1snow pic.twitter.com/RXVYNhNPex

- Valarie D'Elia (@travelwithval) January 27, 2015

Times Square, the tourism center of New York, was deserted:

Empty Times Square for the (was it REALLY the) #blizzardof2015(?). pic.twitter.com/0Fwi9GJ1UE

- Jeff D Lowe (@JeffDLowe) January 27, 2015

And the Alphabet City neighborhood in lower Manhattan was free of pedestrians:

Eerie & empty alphabet city @NY1 #NY1Snow #juno2015 pic.twitter.com/IuxuSmKdCz

- Roxanne Schwartz (@roxannenaomi) January 27, 2015

The blizzard warning that had been issued earlier has been downgraded to a winter storm warning for New York City, but it's still in effect for some areas of the Northeast.