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

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

From The Wall Street Journal

Tens of thousands of people are now making their way to New York City’s Times Square to participate in the ballyhooed New Year’s Eve ball-drop event and mark the start of 2026.

From MarketWatch

When the New Year’s ball drops this week in Times Square, Americans—especially those of my generation—will inherit this division until we learn how to talk to one another again.

From The Wall Street Journal

The duo will hold down the fort from Times Square beginning at 5 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times

The fatherly proprietor of a Times Square ping-pong parlor where Marty trains?

From The Wall Street Journal