MANHATTAN (PIX11) — Get your camera ready because Manhattanhenge is making a comeback this week.
The spectacular photo op will happen on Monday night and Tuesday night at about 8:20 p.m. Viewers can head to specific cross-streets in Manhattan to catch the sunset align with New York City’s street grid. Monday’s will feature a full sun while there will be a half-sun Manhattanhenge on Tuesday.
The best streets to view Manhattanhenge in Manhattan are 14th Street, 23rd Street, 34th Street, 42nd Street and 57th Street, according to the American Museum of Natural History. Manhattanhenge can also be viewed from the Tudor City Overpass in Manhattan and Hunter’s Point South Park in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens.
People interested in snapping a pic should head out early. Crowds gather at prime locations each year.
TOPSHOT – The sun sets as seen from 42nd street in Times Square in New York City on July 12, 2018 during Manhattanhenge. – Manhattanhenge, sometimes also referred to as Manhattan Solstice, is a biannual natural event during which the sun is perfectly aligned with Manhattan’s numbered streets. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) 
A woman takes a photo from the sunroof of a car as the sun sets as seen from 42nd street in Times Square in New York City on July 12, 2018 during Manhattanhenge. – Manhattanhenge, sometimes also referred to as Manhattan Solstice, is a biannual natural event during which the sun is perfectly aligned with Manhattan’s numbered streets. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) 
NEW YORK, NY – JULY 12: S.Pellegrino hosts the first-of-its-kind Manhattanhenge viewing celebration high above the streets of New York on July 12, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Pont/Getty Images for S.Pellegrino Sparkling Natural Mineral Water) 
People take pictures of the sun setting over Manhattan on 42nd Street during the so called “Manhattanhenge” on July 12, 2019 in New York City. – Manhattanhenge happens four times each year, when when the sun rises or sets in New York City parallel to the city street grid in Manhattan. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images) 
The sun sets along 42nd Street, during the so called “Manhattanhenge”, on July 13, 2020 in New York City. – The so called Manhattanhenge happens four times each year, when when the sun rises or sets in New York City parallel to the city street grid in Manhattan. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images) 
The sun rises above 42nd Street during a reverse ‘Manhattanhenge’ in New York, New York photographed from Weehawken, New Jersey on November 24, 2021. – ‘Manhattanhenge’ is a phenomenon during which the setting sun or the rising sun is aligned with the eastwest streets of the main street grid of Manhattan, New York City. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images) 
People take pictures as the sun sets over Manhattan on 42nd street on Memorial Day during the “Manhattanhenge” in New York, May 30, 2022. – The Manhattanhenge is an event in which the sunset or sunrise is aligned on the east-west grid of main streets in Manhattan, New York. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images) 
People take pictures as the sun sets over Manhattan on 42nd street on Memorial Day during the “Manhattanhenge” in New York, May 30, 2022. – The Manhattanhenge is an event in which the sunset or sunrise is aligned on the east-west grid of main streets in Manhattan, New York. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)
