Times Square

American  

noun

1. a wide intersection extending from 43rd to 47th Streets in central Manhattan, New York City, where Broadway and Seventh Avenue intersect.

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Times Square British  

noun

1. a square formed by the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue in New York City, extending from 42nd to 45th Street

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Times Square Cultural  

1. Area of Manhattan formed by the intersection of Broadway (see also Broadway) and Seventh Avenue between Forty-second and Forty-fourth Streets.

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Site of a large, annual New Year's Eve celebration.

Heart of the New York City theater district.

Once known for its high levels of crime, prostitution, and pornography, in recent years it has been cleaned up.

Example Sentences

In New York, shoppers camped for a week in Times Square, with reports of some becoming unwell during the wait.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

In New York, the opening of the Swatch store in Times Square was met with "pushing and shoving" in the waiting crowd, John McIntosh, who had been in line since Wednesday, told AFP.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

The original 1969 “WAR IS OVER! If You Want It” L.A. billboard, which also appeared in Times Square and was printed in the New York Times, was not well documented, Loyer notes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

A cold snowy night in late November 2012 in New York’s Times Square.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

You will find him in the newsstand run by the Bellini family in the subway station at Times Square.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden