Time Square New York City

Editorial photo essay on Time Square
Each day, an estimated 500,000 people pass through Times Square, Over 30 million people visit Times Square annually, Times Square is home to the world’s largest New Year’s Eve celebrations,attracting one million visitors, with another billion people worldwide watching the celebration on air.More than 75 million people use public transportation into and out of Times Square each year. $1.2 billion in retail sales annually in the Times Square area. Over 35 Broadway theaters and 300 restaurants in the immediate vicinity. An estimated 158,000 people work in Times Square each day. Approximately 35,000 residents live in the Times Square area.
Times Square – 42nd Street is the busiest station complex of the New York City Subway, joining four lines (three trunk lines plus the 42nd Street Shuttle), with a free transfer via a passageway to a fifth (42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal on the IND Eighth Avenue Line (A C E). It lies under Times Square, at the intersection of 42nd Street, 7th Avenue and Broadway. The entire complex served 60,880,668 passengers in 2009.