Giant screens
At night.
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One of the busiest pedestrian intersections in the world, formed where Broadway, Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street meet in Midtown Manhattan. Together with neighbouring Duffy Square it forms a bowtie-shaped plaza five blocks long between 42nd and 47th Streets. Giant digital billboards cover its facades and light it day and night. It is the heart of the Theater District, home to most of the famous Broadway theatres, and it draws about 50 million visitors a year, with some 330,000 people passing through daily. It was called Longacre Square until 1904, when The New York Times moved its headquarters there and the square took its name; the famous New Year's Eve ball drop is broadcast from here. It is free and open around the clock, and at its best after dark. Watch your belongings in the crowds, and ignore costumed characters who ask for money for photos. New York's famous halal food carts are all around.
At night.
All around.
On the streets.
Broadway, Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street, Manhattan
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