Update: 2018 Dates and Times for Manhattanhenge: MAY 29, AT 8:13 PM EDT (HALF SUN) MAY 30, AT 8:12 PM EDT (FULL SUN) JULY 12, AT 8:20 PM EDT (FULL SUN) JULY 13, AT 8:21 PM EDT (HALF SUN) Many people left the city for the Memorial Day weekend, but several of us who belong to a particular tribe of neo-Druid photographers made sure we were back in town just to watch the sunset. Sounds peculiar, I know, but the weekend happened to correspond with "Manhattanhenge," a word coined by Hayden Planetarium Director Neil deGrasse Tyson to describe the phenomenon when the east-west crosstown streets of midtown Manhattan move into alignment with the setting sun. On an evening when no clouds interrupt the view and the temperature hovers in a netherworld between not-warm and not-cool, the luminous experience is glorious and transcendental. The payoff comes in the last fifteen minutes of blow-out glory, when the Sun, saying its goodbyes, throws out a splash of gold and crimson a
A strolling guide to New York City by Teri Tynes