The storm brought something unusual to the city this morning: peace and quiet. Because of the storm, parts of Manhattan resembled ghost towns—and rush hour wasn't much of a rush. NY1's Roger Clarke filed this report.

Before the sun was up, 14th Street resembled a frozen wasteland, with no traffic or people.

The only sounds were of shovels digging into what turned out to be after days of dire blizzard warnings, a run-of-the-mill snowstorm.

"I was expecting to go buy snowshoes. It's like overkill. State of Emergency. Shut the trains down. Shut the expressway down. It's a little ridiculous,” said one person.

A tow truck driver agreed. Fewer cars on the road meant less business for him.

"Nobody. No cars in the street. No people. Nobody," said the driver.

As daylight broke, the usually bustling neighborhood was still asleep giving some children plenty of room for some fun in the snow. Patrick Cornbill passed through walking from the Upper East Side to his job downtown on Worth Street before the trains came back. He was OK with it.

"I think safety first and I think encouraging people to stay home and have a hot cocoa and watch a movie is a better idea than encouraging people to move around in this weather," said Cornbill.

For some, the moving around was all to satisfy a coffee craving. Some folks had to venture further than usual.

"We were just strolling around the morning and found the first place that was open, which was McDonald's," he said.

Even that pretty well known coffee place was still closed. Stores that did stay open say it was a tough go, like one deli on 14th Street.

"There would be a lot of people but there's nobody. I've had like five customers all day," said a person.

For Rafiquis Food Cart - not only was business down but Chakib Chegroune had to stay all night.  He couldn't move the cart because of the travel ban.

"It's very slow. It's slow yeah. Nobody outside," said Chegroune.

They fared better at the donut pub, which was the only game in town for people who had to be outside.

"There's actually more people coming in because the other stores are closed," said a person.