Times Square

In Midtown Manhattan, New York City, Times Square is a significant business crossroads, a popular tourist attraction, an entertainment center, and a neighborhood. It is created by the intersection of 42nd Street, Broadway, and Seventh Avenue. Times Square is a five-block area in the shape of a bowtie that extends from 42nd to 47th Streets, together with neighboring Duffy Square. Times Square is sometimes referred to as "the Crossroads of the World", "the Center of the Universe", "the heart of the Great White Way", "the Center of the Entertainment Universe", and "the heart of the world" due to the abundance of digital billboards and advertisements as well as businesses that are open 24/7.

It is one of the busiest pedestrian zones in the world, the core of the Broadway Theater District, and a significant hub of the global entertainment sector. One of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, Times Square receives an estimated 50 million visitors each year. On its peak days, Times Square sees nearly 460,000 pedestrians, with an average of 330,000 daily visitors, many of whom are tourists. More than 200,000 people use the Times Square-42nd Street station every day, making it the busiest in the whole New York City Subway system.

The New York Times moved its offices to the then-newly constructed Times Building, today known as One Times Square, in 1904, changing the area's name from Longacre Square to Times Square. The location of the yearly New Year's Eve ball drop, which first took place there on December 31, 1907, continues to draw more than a million tourists to Times Square each year in addition to reaching an estimated one billion people globally via different digital media channels. The eastern end of the Lincoln Highway, the first route across the United States for automobiles, is located in Times Square, especially at Broadway and 42nd Street.

Location: Manhattan, New York City, USA