Times Square

The New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square — also known as the “Crossroads of the World” — is one of the most recognizable parties. The annual end of the year celebration wouldn’t be complete without the confetti drop at midnight. Treb Heining is behind the spectacle and for more than 30 years has led volunteers through a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Once the clock hit midnight and revelers started clearing out of Times Square, city sanitation crews moved in and cleaned up all of the trash left behind. NBC New York’s Romney Smith reports. 

Thousands of people will pack into Times Square in New York City to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve. Fortunately, revelers don’t have to brave the crowds in Manhattan to witness the iconic moment. The ball drop is broadcast and livestreamed on several New Year’s Eve shows and programs. Here is one way to watch the Times Square ball...

The Times Square ball drop on New Year’s Eve has become an annual tradition for New Yorkers. In New York City, the organization managing Times Square has tested its famous ball drop and inspected 2025 numerals, lights and thousands of crystals as part of a tradition going back to 1907. This year’s celebration will include musical performances by TLC, Jonas Brothers, Rita Ora and...

The dropping of the ball in Times Square to ring in the New Year is an annual tradition watched all over the world. But did you know that the Times Square ball did not drop two years in its history? The Times Square ball did not drop in 1942 and 1943. A New Year’s Eve ball has dropped in Times…

Marc Santia and Jonathan Dienst provide the latest from Times Square, where several have gathered to ring in 2025. See here how the NYPD is securing the area for New Year’s Eve. 

It’s almost time to say goodbye to 2024 and say hello to 2025. All eyes will be on Times Square in the heart of New York City as thousands gather to celebrate the start of the new year as the countdown begins and the ball drops. The famed ball is a dazzling geodesic sphere — weighing almost 6 tons and…

The barricades are up and the NYPD is promising tight security to make sure everyone rings in 2025 safely. News 4 New York’s Marc Santia reports. 

The New Year’s Eve weather forecast calls for showers on Tuesday night — but anyone ringing in the new year in Times Square won’t be allowed to bring along an umbrella. Thousands of people will pack into Times Square to watch the ball drop at midnight to witness the iconic moment. If you’re one of those revelers, there are...

Planning to be anywhere near Times Square this New Year’s Eve? The NYPD has released its street closures to ring in the new year. On-street parking will be extremely limited in midtown Manhattan throughout the day on Tuesday, and people are advised to take mass transit. Here’s what drivers need to know — and we’ve got all your top...

The last of the crystal triangles that make up this year’s Times Square New Year’s Eve ball have been installed, marking the first time in 10 years that all 2,688 were replaced at once. Rapper Pitbull and inventor Joy Mangano were on hand on Friday to help the co-organizers of the 2025 New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square atop...

With less than three weeks until New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square, city leaders laid out their plan today to continue to crackdown on crime in and around the crossroads of the world. News 4 New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.  

A woman attacked outside a Times Square hotel has died, and police have a suspect in custody. A New Jersey man allegedly strangled the 23-year-old victim in the broad daylight attack in a busy touristy spot. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

A suspect was charged with murder after a seemingly random broad daylight attack in which he strangled a woman in front of a Times Square hotel, according to police.

There’s a lot that goes into keeping the lights on in Times Square. We scored exclusive access to the gift shops and hotels that house the city’s larger-than-life billboards.

A 36-year-old man has been indicted on assault and other charges for allegedly gashing another man in the legs with a machete in Times Square in May, severing his arteries, prosecutors said Monday. Ove Williams is also accused of criminal possession of a weapon in the May 30 case. Investigators allege Williams attacked a man with a machete near West…

A law enforcement source says cops are canvassing the area for surveillance video in hopes of getting a clearer image of their suspects.

Three people have been arrested in connection with a broad daylight machete attack in Times Square on Thursday, authorities say. It wasn’t clear whether the trio was known to the 32-year-old victim, who according to the NYPD was stabbed in both legs at West 45th Street and Broadway around 10 a.m. The victim was taken to a hospital and...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is looking into what the process would be to revoke Sean “Diddy” Combs’ key to the city that was presented to the hip-hop mogul in September. The consideration for changing course so quickly comes after Combs admitted that he beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016 after CNN released video of the...

The Maine 20-year-old accused of trying to murder NYPD officers in a 2022 New Year’s Eve machete attack near Times Square was sentenced to nearly three decades in prison after pleading guilty to several terror-related charges.