What is so special about Times Square?

Times Square offers a wide range of things to see, do, eat, and shop. You can enjoy street performances, explore museums and galleries, as well as catch award-winning Broadway shows. This open square also offers unique attractions like a Madame Tussauds Wax Museum and a Ripley's Believe It or Not!



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Pay a visit to the inimitable Times Square to see the commercial and cultural heart of New York City. It's home to everything from street performers and protesters to family-friendly restaurants and attractions. In fact, it's possible to fill an entire vacation in just this one neighborhood!

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All of that energy is palpable, and it sometimes feels like New York City gets its mojo from all the action in Times Square. The lights, the shopping, the characters, and the marquees of Broadway all come to a head in the five blocks that stretch from 42nd Street to 47th Street.

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The pace, extensive transit connectivity, and theatrical tradition of 42nd Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, have made this one of the best known streets in the Times Square neighborhood and the Broadway Theater District.

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Even so, Our Lady of Paris stands tall and consolidates as the most visited monument in the world. Some 12 million people visit this cathedral more than 850 years old.

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Hong Kong. Hong Kong has become the most visited city in the world, surpassing Bangkok in recent times. Hong Kong welcomed 26.6 million visitors! With over 5 million more visitors annually than its closest rival, Hong Kong is expected to host at least 31 million tourists in the near future.

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Completed in 2017, the project radically carves out 2.5 acres of pedestrian-only space at Manhattan's core, transforming a notoriously congested intersection into a world-class civic space.

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SoHo (an acronym for South of Houston Street) still features galleries, though these days the work within them tends toward the more high-end commercial—matching the luxury boutiques and independent-designer outposts that characterize the area.

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The distance between Times Square and Central Park is 2 miles.

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