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No one will be permitted to cross Broadway/7th Avenue once the streets have been closed. Per the Times Square Alliance, the ball drop "can best be seen along Broadway, from 43rd Street to 50th ...
The tradition of thousands of people crowding to watch a shimmering ball be lowered in Times Square began in 1907, though the first New Year's Eve celebration in the iconic intersection began in 1904.
The acceleration lane on I-80 eastbound near exit 60 will be closed on Nov. 20, from 9:30 to 10 a.m., 11 to 11:30, and 12:45 to 1:15 p.m. Up to two lanes will be closed for roadwork westbound ...
[11]: 186 [17] Prior to the subway station's opening, Times Square had been renamed from Long Acre Square to give the station a distinctive name. [18] Within three years of the line's opening, the Times Square station was the city's third-busiest subway station, and its busiest local station, with 30,000 daily riders. [19]
Times Square, specifically the intersection of Broadway and 42nd Street, is the eastern terminus of the Lincoln Highway, the first road across the United States for motorized vehicles. [13] Times Square is sometimes referred to as "the Crossroads of the World" [14] and "the heart of the Great White Way". [15] [16] [17]
Following the closing of the Times Square Paramount Theatre, two other theaters in Manhattan have had the same name: the Paramount Theatre at Madison Square Garden and a now-demolished movie theater at the Gulf and Western Building (15 Columbus Circle). The Brooklyn Paramount Theater, also in New York City, opened in 1928.
Pop singer-songwriter Mark Ambor was scheduled to perform in Times Square from 8:03 p.m. to 8:12 p.m. EST, according to organizers of the New Year's Eve festivities at the "Crossroads of the World."
The transformation of the square allows for increased pedestrian traffic and more prominence for Father Duffy's commanding statue. The new TKTS booth for the Times Square location began construction in May 2006 [15] and was completed in October 2008. During this time, the TKTS booth was temporarily relocated to the nearby Marriott Marquis hotel.