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.

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On the night before the World Cup final, Argentinian fans took over Times Square, singing and chanting and waving banners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

The Ellison family acquired control of CBS-owner Paramount in August and, at the time, David Ellison touted the move of Paramount’s headquarters from New York’s Times Square to Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Benny Roman, who cleans at Times Square subway station, says he once encountered a man who threw a whole plate of food on the floor before him, then told him to clean it up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The Times Square Ball in New York will drop eight times to signal midnight in every US time zone.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Times Square had been barricaded off and converted into a temporary CDC—Centers for Disease Control—compound, complete with portable labs.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda