Perfect Alignment

Apparently there is one day out of every year when the New York City Grid aligns perfectly with the setting sun. You can look crosstown and watch as the sun sets down, no buildings or high-rises obscuring your view, just a beautiful sunset between rows of building. Of course to really catch a great glimpse of this you probably want to be on one of the major cross town street that runs from river to river- 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, 52nd… One of those (Houston splits apart right after 6th Avenue, obscuring the view behind some buildings). This is a phenomena referred to as Manhattanhenge(Link 1, link 2).

Oh, and it just so happens that one day is today.

The sun is scheduled to set tonight at 8:16 this evening, so start hunting for those bars and restaurants with out door seating or just head to 1st avenue and 34th and marvel as you watch the sunset all the way across the island.