Times Square is a major commercial intersection
and a neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the junction of
Broadway (now converted into a pedestrian plaza) and Seventh Avenue and
stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. Brightly adorned with
billboards and advertisements, Times Square – iconified as "The Crossroads
of the World", "The Center of the Universe", and "The Great
White Way" – is the hub of the Broadway Theater District, one of the world's
busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's
entertainment industry. Times Square is one of the world's most visited tourist
attractions, hosting over 39 million visitors annually. Approximately 330,000
people pass through Times Square daily, many of whom are either tourists or
people working in the area.
Formerly Longacre Square, Times Square was renamed in
April 1904 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly erected
Times Building – now called One Times Square – site of the annual ball drop on
New Year's Eve, a tradition which began on December 31, 1907 and continues
today, attracting thousands to the Square every New Year's.
The northern triangle of Times Square is technically
Duffy Square, dedicated in 1937 to Chaplain Francis P. Duffy of New York City's
"Fighting 69th" Infantry Regiment; a memorial to Duffy is located
there, along with a statue of George M. Cohan, and the TKTS discount theatre
tickets booth. The stepped red roof of the TKTS booth also provides seating for
various events. The Duffy Statue and the square were listed on the National
Register of Historic Places in 2001.
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