Times Square, New York City, United States

You can purchase this photo on Getty Images

Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. The extended Times Square area, also called the Theatre District, consists of the blocks between Sixth and Eighth Avenues from east to west, and West 40th and West 53rd Streets from south to north, making up the western part of the commercial area of Midtown Manhattan.

Formerly named Longacre Square, Times Square was renamed in April 1904 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly erected Times Building, which is now called One Times Square and is the site of the annual ball drop on New Year's Eve. Times Square, nicknamed 'The Crossroads of the World' and 'The Great White Way', has achieved the status of an iconic world landmark and is a symbol of New York City and the United States.

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.

Times Square has been featured countless times in literature, on television, in films – including the 1980 film Times Square, which featured a punk rock/new wave soundtrack – in music videos and recently in video games. An immediately recognizable setting, Times Square has been frequently attacked and destroyed in a number of movies, including Knowing, when a solar flare destroys New York City, Deep Impact, when a tsunami created from a meteor impact destroys New York City, Stephen King's The Stand, where the intersection is overcome by total anarchy, and Transformers; Revenge of the Fallen. Films have also employed the opposite tactic, depicting the typically bustling area as eerily still, such as in Vanilla Sky, as well as the post-apocalyptic I Am Legend, in which Will Smith and his dog go hunting for deer in the deserted urban canyon. Times Square was also depicted in the 2011 movie, New Year's Eve.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times Square

Taken in: United States / New York / New York / Theatre District (show map)

Taken on: February 3, 2010

Tags:

Times Square

Duffy Square

New York City

Crossroads of the world

NYC

The Great White Way

advertisements

ads

neon

neon lights

night

cabs

cab

taxi

taxi's

musical

musicals

theater

theatre

Spartacus

Wicked

Sbarro

TKTS

One Times Square

McDonald's

Virgin

Midtown Manhattan

Manhattan

Theater District

Theatre District

United States

United States of America

USA

Ferry Vermeer

travel

travel photography

米国アメリカ

Amerika Serikat

ארצות הברית

Birleşik Devletler

Estados Unidos

États-Unis

Förenta Staterna

Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες

美國미국

Съеднинени Щатиสหรัฐ

Сполучені Штати

Stany Zjednoczone

Vereinigte Staaten

Verenigde Staten

نيويورك

紐約市

Нью-Йорк

ニューヨーク市

न्यूयॉर्क

नगर

busy

Broadway

Seventh Avenue

7th Avenue

1501 Broadway

Paramount Building

Paramount Theatre

1475 Broadway

New York Times Building

New York Times Tower

art deco

Big Apple « less

Sets appears in: • For sale @ Getty Images • NYC & Philly, United States

Groups appears in: • New York City • Times Square, NYC more » • Favorites: 175 • The World Through My Eyes ... • NEON LIGHTS! • De Doka • Streets In The City • Urban - Photography • Views: 25,000 • Image Gallery... B&W and Colour !!! [No AI or SL] • Image Portrait Gallery !!! - B&W or Color !!! • flickr (unofficial) « less

Camera: Sony DSC-W120, f/2.8, 1/40 sec, 5.3mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSC-W120
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.025 sec (1/40)
Focal Length:	5.3mm
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Windows
Show full info

Stats: 171,667 views / 123 comments