Twice a year, the pedestrian commuters of NYC get a little treat: Manhattanhenge!

For Manhattan, a place where evening matters more than morning, that special day comes on Thursday, May 29h this year, one of only two occasions when the Sun sets in exact alignment with the Manhattan grid, fully illuminating every single cross-street for the last fifteen minutes of daylight.

Read the rest of the quoted article at Newyorkology. Also, there’s a neat Flickr pool with more Manhattanhenge images.