Broadway will be closed to vehicle traffic for five blocks at Times Square, turning part of the "Crossroads of the World" into a pedestrian mall of throbbing lights, animated billboards and ...

Bratton, the co-chairman of the task force, originally said he wanted to dig up the pedestrian mall and return cars to Times Square. But on Thursday, the task force said that will not happen.

The three-year makeover is being undertaken an effort to make the area more pedestrian friendly. It comes just eight days before the big New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square – and Mayor ...

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There is also a new southbound bike lane. The $55 million project to permanently convert pedestrian plazas along Broadway in Times Square between West 42nd and West 47th began in 2013. The ...

Geraldine Crowley, of Ireland, was sitting in a pedestrian plaza with a coffee. This was her first time in New York: "I wanted to come to Times Square," she said. Danielle and Blake, a couple from ...

The pedestrian plaza at Times Square is here to stay. A City Hall task force, formed in August after controversy erupted over topless panhandlers, has reached general agreement on solutions for ...