Times Square

Super Bowl XLVIII festivities will take place in the Big Apple from January 29th to February 1st of 2014, and the city has some major plans for it! “Super Bowl Boulevard” will sit between 34th and 44th Streets, and feature things like an eight-lane, 180-foot long, 58-foot-high Read More

12 small bars around the country may be forced to close up shop soon, as music licensing company BMI has slapped them all with a major lawsuit over licensing fees. BMI says the 12 spots (which seem to have been picked at random) have been playing their songs without paying a Read More

Amanda Bynes has been in quite a downward spiral in the last year. The troubled actress has had her fair share of driving problems and drug issues, but her latest arrest inside of her midtown apartment has reportedly gotten her evicted. Following the arrest, Amanda “was notified Read More

Come 2016, Times Square may have one of its most prominent stores gone with the wind. The multi-level Toys R Us flagship store’s lease will be up, and it’s unclear if they’re going to be renewing. Should they not, they’d be leaving open “one of the Read More

Animal New York gets up and close with JR for this dope project. Press play and read the backstory below… Your chance to be featured in one of JR’s signature wheatpaste pieces has finally arrived, and you don’t even have to travel to a developing nation to do it. From now Read More

Over the course of 72 hours (3 days), a 30-second, pro-Sacramento ad will run every 5 minutes in Times Square, leading up to the final day of the league’s Board of Governors’ meetings (where they’ll decide where the Kings will play next season.) The cost incurred by the Read More

Hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife! 33-year-old Osvaldo Quiroz-Lopez shoved a 2-year-old boy over $2 yesterday afternoon. Osvaldo was costumed in his Cookie Monster outfit in Times Square, and got irate when the toddler’s mom didn’t tip him for their photo. He Read More

If you’ve ever frequented the streets of NYC and, more importantly, Times Square, the name Robert Burck should certainly ring a bell. Known notoriously to tourists and New Yorkers as the “lightly” dressed, tighty-whitey clad crooner, Burck, is prepping to marry this Friday to, Read More

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Heartwalk was revealed in Times Square last night…a heart-shaped art installation made of boardwalk planks salvaged after Hurricane Sandy. The LED-laced pavilion was conceptualized and designed by Brooklyn’s Situ Studio, and Read More

A new audit done at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square could be bad news for city taxpayers, as it may end up costing them a cool $344 million. “This is one of the worst deals since Manhattan was sold for $24,” city Controller John Liu said of the situation, whose office Read More

It can be pretty difficult to find high quality video of New York City in past decades due to technological limitations, but here is almost fifteen minutes of full color, good quality footage of Manhattan in 1949, featuring the 3rd avenue elevated train line, the Bowery, Flatiron Read More

Get in the spirit of holiday giving all while having some drinks, dancing, and partying tonight at Copacabana (268 W. 47th St.) where the people behind the Front Page Fridays party have turned it into a holiday toy drive sponsored by Urban Health Plan Inc. Ladies are free all Read More