Holiday Ayo - Times Square is one of New York City's most popular tourist attractions, as it's the epicenter for all things media and a famous New Year's Eve venue.

Times Square grew dramatically after World War I. It became a cultural hub full of theatres, music halls, and upscale hotels.

A stroll through the area with its bright lights and skyscrapers plastered with digital billboards is pretty impressive.

And as you walk the streets looking up and taking on the ambiance, you don't have to worry about stepping in the way of an oncoming cab.

New York City even purposely reduced the amount of vehicle traffic through the Times Square area, making it a more pleasant place to linger and people watch.

Broadway between 42 and 47th Streets have been closed to vehicular traffic and opened to pedestrians as part of the Times Square Transformation.

If you are driving through Times Square you should drive south via 7th Avenue or north via 6th or 8th Avenues.

About 5,800 people make their home in the Times Square neighborhood, with its bright lights and crowds of tourists.

Times Square got its name when the namesake newspaper, The New York Times, took up residence in the building (now known as One Times Square) in 1904.

That was the year the mayor of New York renamed Longacre Square after the paper, though it took less than a decade for the Times to relocate again.

The Times Square timeline is certainly a varied one: It’s gone from being a place where you could find carriage riders to top-hat-wearing gentlemen to shady 1970s adult theaters to entertainers dressed as children’s characters, but one thing this area has always been being bustling.

Some say that Times Square is like a five-block metaphor for New York City itself, it's exciting, colorful, and always jumping.

Times Square is the home base for many of New York City's Broadway theaters, with theaters residing both on the square and within a few blocks.

You can buy show tickets in advance, at showtime at the individual box offices,