Times Square

A giant ferris wheel made an appearance in Times Square on Tuesday, and it’s not just for decorations.

A man was hit by gunfire Sunday evening while walking through Times Square with his family, a senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation tells News 4. The victim was walking by the Marriott Marquis on Broadway around 5:15 p.m. when he was struck by a bullet, the official says. Investigators believe the victim was an innocent…

The man suspected of opening fire in Times Square earlier in May, injuring three people including a 4-year-old girl, was returned to New York to face charges after fleeing to Florida with his girlfriend in the aftermath of the shooting.

A 29-year-old Maine woman who vanished after getting into an SUV near a Times Square McDonald’s Monday has been found safe in Queens, according to two senior law enforcement officials.

A woman who was visiting New York City from Maine has gone missing after last having been seen getting into an SUV in Times Square on Monday, police and sources said.

Three innocent bystanders including a 4-year-old girl who was toy shopping were shot in New York City’s busy Times Square on Saturday afternoon when someone opened fire during a dispute between several men, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said. All the victims were expected to recover. The shooting happened shortly before 5 p.m. near the intersection of West 44th Street...

A Bangladeshi immigrant who set off a pipe bomb attached to his chest in New York City’s busiest subway station was sentenced Thursday in Manhattan federal court to life in prison plus 30 years.

A man from Ohio has been arrested after being found with an unloaded semi-automatic rifle, ammunition and a gas mask in a bag, a senior law enforcement official tells News 4.

He did it for the clout, but this YouTuber now has a criminal record and possibly put his future in doubt

New Year’s Eve 2020 was a far and away different experience amid the pandemic compared with the crowded excitement of previous years. But the ball still dropped, and the iconic spectacle was still a thrill. Watch the livestream above all night long to be part of New York City’s Times Square celebration (and to see the cleanup afterward) even...

Workers have installed nearly 200 glittering Waterford crystal triangles on Times Square’s New Year’s Eve ball in preparation for a pandemic-limited celebration.

The New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square will be a celebration of perseverance, honoring essential workers and featuring Gloria Gaynor singing her anthem, “I Will Survive,” organizers said Tuesday. They had announced previously that the annual event will be virtual this year, with no public audience as in other years, and aimed at broadcast viewers. The broadcasts that...

Police said a man started scaling the south side of the New York Times headquarters in midtown Thursday afternoon, though it was not immediately clear why he did so

Broadway theaters may be dark, but performers are bringing life back to New York City in a few new ways. Theater stars like Andrew Rannells, Norm Lewis and Bernadette Peters took to Times Square on Wednesday for a pop-up performance of “Sunday” from Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George.” They socially distanced on the red steps of...

The upcoming New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square will be “a virtually enhanced celebration,” the event’s organizers announced Wednesday.

If you’re a tourist in New York City, or even a harried local trying to get across midtown Manhattan, you’ve seen it, or maybe eaten in it — the giant McDonald’s on 42nd Street in Times Square with the Broadway-style marquee. No more, though — the company confirmed Wednesday that the location has shut down for good as of...

Over a million people packed America’s most famous place to ring in 2020.

Couples kissed. Others cheered and waved balloons as fireworks burst into the night sky and confetti fell to welcome the start of 2020 in New York City’s Times Square. In one of the globe’s most-watched New Year’s Eve spectacles, the crowd counted down the last seconds of 2019 as a luminescent crystal ball descended down a pole. Throngs of people cheered...

This year’s New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square will spotlight efforts to combat climate change when high school science teachers and students press the button that begins the famous 60-second ball drop and countdown to next year.

See what it looks like right now at the Crossroads of the World.