Times Square

Times Square
Times Square is a famous intersection, in Manhattan, New York.The tourism,show Business and the commerce are playing a promiment role.The intersection is located at the Meeting Point of Broadway, the 7th Avenue and 42nd street.The New York City Subway System, which is one of the biggest stations in New York,lies under Time Square. Times Square is one of the most famous sights in New York., in addition to the Statue of liberty or Central Park.

Since April 8,1904, the Location has been called "Times Square", because of the newspaper New York Times,who moved to a new building on 42nd Street at Longacre Square. The Longacre Square was named by the city government, after Long Acre, which is a place in London, where mainly carriages were made. The Lincoln Highway is the first road across the United States since 1913, that ends in Times Square. Many theatres, music halls,and fancy hotels were built during the early 20th century.

Times Square became empty by 1984, when more than 2,300 crimes happend, and the NYPD did not help to get rid of the crime. Rudolph Giuliani successful cleaned up the area, in the 1980s through the mid-1990s, and made the place more pleasent by Disney stores, and other pleasing things for tourists.

Las Vegas Strip is the first most visited place in the World, and Times Square the second.Nowadays, more than 360.000 people visit the Times Square in one day, and 131 Million people visit Times Square in a Year. The high number of visitors is the reason, why the Times Square gets $4.8 billion per year from attractions,hotels and stores.