‘Shutting it down:’ Pro-Palestine protest halts transportation and holiday shopping during Midtown demonstrations

Pro-Palestine protesters put Grand Central Station on lockdown Monday afternoon before marching around Midtown in a continued demand for a Middle East ceasefire.

The bustling transportation hub at the heart of the Big Apple was brought to a grinding halt at around 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 18 after a band of demonstrators calling for an end to the Israel-Hamas war unfurled banners and waved flags while chanting “Free Palestine.”

Pro-Palestine protesters put Grand Central Station on lockdown on Monday afternoon before marching around Midtown in a continued demand for a Middle East ceasefire.Photo by Dean Moses
Pro-Palestine protesters put Grand Central Station on lockdown on Monday afternoon before marching around Midtown in a continued demand for a Middle East ceasefire.Photo by Dean Moses