Times Square Theater District is the Home of Times Square and Broadway

Latin Culture in Times Square

Latin Art in Times Square

Lit billboards are the art in Times Square. Midnight Moments are momentary art installations.

Latin Comedy in Times Square

• The Town Hall presents some Latin comedy.

Latin Dance in Times Square

• The Town Hall presents some Latin dance.

Latin Festivals in Times Square

• The Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Drop is a New York City tradition. Performers usually include some Latin artists.

Latin Food in Times Square

Restaurant Row, a block east on 46th Street, is popular with Broadway theatre-goers.

• Emporium Brasil is a popular Brazilian restaurant in Little Brazil. 🇧🇷
• Havana Central Times Square is a Cuban restaurant with a party atmosphere, and live music on some nights. 🇨🇺
• Sardi’s is an Italian restaurant decorated with caricatures of movie stars. sardis.com 🇮🇹
• Via Brasil is a popular Brazilian restaurant in Little Brazil. 🇧🇷
• Victor’s Cafe is a long-time Cuban restaurant. 🇨🇺

Latin Government in Times Square

• The Dominican Consulate is in Times Square. 🇩🇴
• The Panamanian Consulate is on 54th St. 🇵🇦

Latin Music in Times Square

• Palladium Times Square presents Latin music.
• The Town Hall presents eclectic Latin comedy, dance, music, and theatre.

Latin Theater in Times Square

The Times Square Theater District is the home of most of the Broadway theaters.

• 54 Below is Broadway’s cabaret in the notorious Studio 54 basement. Broadway stars, including Latin stars, perform there.
• Museum of Broadway is popular with Broadway fans.
• Theater Row is 42nd St from Eleventh to Ninth Avenue.
• TKTS is a ticket office that sells same-day Broadway tickets at up to 50% off. tdf.org

About the Times Square Theater District

The Times Square Alliance promotes Times Square culture. Their web site publishes lots of events. timessquarenyc.org

Tourists love Times Square. New Yorkers avoid it because its full of tourists.

“Long Acre Square” was a rural area transformed by the arrival of electricity after 1882, and the subway in 1905. The city changed the name to Times Square the year before the New York Times arrived in 1905. The newspaper started the Times Square New Year’s Eve traditions.

Times Square became New York City’s theater district around World War I (1914-1917). It roared during the 1920s, but the Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II started a long decline. By the 1960s, Times Square was a seedy adult entertainment district. The neighborhood hit bottom in the 1980s.

A long redevelopment finally took hold in the 2000s. Today Times Square is filled with tourists.

Broadway Theaters

Be Street Smart

Times Square is generally safe, but like major tourist sites around the world, it attracts pickpockets and other characters who prey on tourists. Be street smart and keep your wallet and phone secure.

If someone offers you a gift like a CD or something, don’t take it unless you plan to tip them. Don’t even think about playing shell games on the street. You will lose. People in character costumes are not supposed to harass you. But if you take a picture with them, they will expect a tip. Be street smart and enjoy your visit.