Times Square

New York's iconic yellow taxis drive through Times Square. Part of the commercial area of Midtown Manhattan, Times Square is a junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue that stretches West 42nd and West 47th Streets. Times Square, sometimes also called the 'Crossroads of the World' has become a world landmark and one of the symbols of New York. The theatres of Broadway and the heavy saturation of neon advertisements have made Time Square famous. As the only neighbourhood of New York with zoning ordinance that requires building owners to display the advertising hoardings, or 'speculars' the density of illuminated signs in Times Square now rivals that of Las Vegas.