Times Square NYC: history and other facts

New York City is know for tourist attractions and whenever you visits NYC you will always visit Times Square which is according to me among top 5 tourist sites/places in New York. Here in this article you will find brief information about Times Square.

Times Square New York city
Along with one of best tourist spot, Times Square NYC is a major commercial intersection situated at Midtown Manhattan in New York City of United States. This historic place is constructed at junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue.

The Crossroads of the World: Times Square
Times Square is very popular across the whole globe and it is iconified as "The Crossroads of the World" which itself describes its popularity and importance. Along with it, this place is also known as "The Great White Way". Because of tourists and locals, this bridge is among world's busiest pedestrian intersections. You might have seen this site in many movies too as it is important and widely used center of the world's entertainment industry.

Times Square: world's most visited tourist attraction
Whatever you are reading is absolutely true i.e. Times Square is world's most visited tourist attraction. It was found in one survey held during October 2011 by Travel + Leisure magazine's. According to this survey, about 39 million + visitors visits this site annually.

History of Times Square
Times Square have great history too. In starting stage, it was named as Longacre Square but later in April 1904 it was renamed after The New York Times moved its headquarters to Times Building which is at present known as One Times Square. One Times Square is known as the site of the annual ball drop on New Year's Eve. In short this tourist place in New York is among world's top tourst places and its northern triangle part is dedicated to Chaplain Francis P. Duffy in 1937.
So don't miss any chance of visiting Times Square during your visit to New York.