Serenity in the City: Photos of Times Square at Dawn

In the quiet, pre-dawn hours, 42nd Street takes on an eerie beauty, with lingering remnants of the night before. The ruby-red stairs atop the TKTS Booth on West 46th Street will be crawling with visitors in just an hour or two, when the city awakens. But now, the stairs and streets are almost empty, and Times Square is oddly serene.

Refinery Hotel is located just a stone’s throw away from Times Square at 63 West 38th Street.