Brooklyn under the curse of COVID-19 by Ed Lefkowicz

Brooklyn, NY - 6 April 2020, An...e have closed for the outbreak.

Brooklyn, NY - 6 April 2020, An attendant at a laundromat in Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, and protected with a face mask and latex gloves, wears a sign that reads "Keep Back / 6 Feet" to remind patrons of social distancing standards. Laundromats are among the businesses deemed to be essential services, although some have closed for the outbreak.

Brooklyn, NY - 6 April 2020, An attendant at a laundromat in Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood wears a sign on her back that reads "Keep Back / 6 Feet / Thank You" to remind patrons of social distancing standards. Laundromats are among the businesses deemed to be essential services, although some have closed for the outbreak.

Brooklyn, NY - 26 March 2020. R...en them as they wait for a bus.

Brooklyn, NY - 26 March 2020. Residents of New York City have been asked to stay home as a result of the novel coronavirus, and all but essential businesses have been asked to close. In Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, many businesses have their shutters rolled down, and the few that are open limit the number of people who can enter. Two people at normally busy bus stop on the corner of Avenue J and Coney Island Avenue keep ample distance between them as they wait for a bus.

Brooklyn, NY -19 March 2020. Pe...esn Avenue keep their distance.

Brooklyn, NY -19 March 2020. People waiting for a bus, some wearing surgical masks, at a normally crowded bus stop on Avenue J at the corner of Ocesn Avenue keep their distance.

Brooklyn, NY - 27 March 2020. R...e than 6 feet (2 meters) apart.

Brooklyn, NY - 27 March 2020. Restrictions on the public during the COVID-19 pandemic include a call for social distancing. People waiting at a bus stop on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood keep more than 6 feet (2 meters) apart.

Brooklyn, NY - 26 March 2020. R...e Ribbon Groceries on Avenue J.

Brooklyn, NY - 26 March 2020. Residents of New York City have been asked to stay home as a result of the novel coronavirus, and all but essential businesses have been asked to close. In Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, many businesses have their shutters rolled down, and the few that are open limit the number of people who can enter. Corrugated cartons for home delivery of groceries are stacked in tall piles in front of Blue Ribbon Groceries on Avenue J.

Brooklyn, NY - 26 March 2020. R... closed laundromat on Avenue J.

Brooklyn, NY - 26 March 2020. Residents of New York City have been asked to stay home as a result of the novel coronavirus, and all but essential businesses have been asked to close. In Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, many businesses have their shutters rolled down, and the few that are open limit the number of people who can enter. A sign on a closed laundromat on Avenue J.

Brooklyn, NY - 27 March 2020. R... well as its clerks unemployed.

Brooklyn, NY - 27 March 2020. Restrictions on the public during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to store closures throughout Brooklyn's neighborhoods. The discount store Telco and its neighbor Rainbow on Flatbush Avenue are now shuttered. store closures throughout Brooklyn's neighborhoods. The shutters are down at Pretty Girl, a discount women's wear store on Flatbush Avenue, its mannequins as well as its clerks unemployed.

Brooklyn, NY - 27 March 2020. R...tbush Avenue are now shuttered.

Brooklyn, NY - 27 March 2020. Restrictions on the public during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to store closures throughout Brooklyn's neighborhoods. The discount store Telco and its neighbor Rainbow on Flatbush Avenue are now shuttered.

Brooklyn, NY. 5 April 2020. Dis... potential points of contagion.

Brooklyn, NY. 5 April 2020. Discarded surgical gloves proliferate in the streets and on sidewalks, and add to the litter as well as potential points of contagion.

Brooklyn, NY - 7 April 2020. At...hursdays for customers over 60.

Brooklyn, NY - 7 April 2020. At 8 AM, the line to enter the grocery and warehouse store Costco on 3rd Avenue already stretches across the front of the building and along the length of the side back to 2d Avenue. The store opens from 8 to 9 AM on Tuesdays through Thursdays for customers over 60.

Brooklyn, NY - 7 April 2020. By... 60 were seen waiting before 8.

Brooklyn, NY - 7 April 2020. By 9:30 AM, the line to enter the grocery and warehouse store Costco on 3rd Avenue already stretches across the front of the building and West along the length of the South side back to 2d Avenue, North across the back of the store, East across the North side of the store, and continues to wrap again around the front to the entrance, seen about ¼ from the right of the photo. The store opens from 8 to 9 AM on Tuesdays through Thursdays for customers over 60, but some customers under 60 were seen waiting before 8.

Brooklyn, NY - 7 April 2020. By 9:30 AM, the line to enter the grocery and warehouse store Costco on 3rd Avenue already stretches across the front of the building and West along the length of the South side back to 2d Avenue, North across the back of the store, East across the North side of the store, and continues to wrap again around the front to the entrance. This part of the line is on the South side of the store. The store opens from 8 to 9 AM on Tuesdays through Thursdays for customers over 60, but some customers under 60 were seen waiting before 8.

Brooklyn, NY - 7 April 2020. At...sted on the sides of the store.

Brooklyn, NY - 7 April 2020. At 8 AM, the line to enter the grocery and warehouse store Costco on 3rd Avenue already stretches across the front of the building and along the length of the side back to 2d Avenue. This sign is one of several posted on the sides of the store.

Brooklyn, NY - 31 March 2020. A...t in residential areas as well.

Brooklyn, NY - 31 March 2020. As social distancing, better hygiene, and other precautions become more prevalent, streets and sidewalks become increasingly littered with discarded surgical gloves and masks,, not only in commercial districts but in residential areas as well.

Brooklyn, NY. 5 April 2020. Discarded surgical gloves proliferate in the streets and on sidewalks, and add to the litter as well as potential points of contagion.

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