During the holiday season when people go to the city to purchase presents, watch Broadway shows and eat in Times Square, they also are sure to find large crowds and traffic.
In Times Square on a recent evening, floods of people and cars moved constantly in every direction. People were bustling around, heading from one place to another. Cold weather pushed people to move along faster to avoid the chills.
47th Street Times Square
“Traffic is better than last year,” said Vincent Lefebvre, who was visiting from France. Even with the crowds of people, Lefebvre said he had been “walking around to not get stuck in traffic.
There wasn’t a lot of time for people to stop and talk for an interview, especially at the TKTS, the place in Times Square to purchase discount Broadway show tickets.
With the show times listed on an electronic board, buyers looked over the information and waited on a long line to pay.
One woman pulled out her cellphone as soon as I walked up to her to ask for an interview, leaving me to talk to myself.
Some people huddled in groups and stood around to take pictures. Others were well on their way toward their next destinations. Freeing their hands from shopping bags, shoppers rested on the sidewalks to look for resting spots.
The crowds were most congested at the Broadway intersections where the streets were closed off and pedestrians were able to sit and move freely.
“I would never drive around here, just walk or take the subway,” said Jennifer Fibiano, who was with her husband and three kids from Australia. “It is quite good, [traffic] doesn’t flow as easy, but it is easy to get a taxi.”
Crowds lined up to purchase show tickets
When standing above on the stands by the TKTS booth, there were a lot of fast-paced movements in the Times Square area. There were crowds in the stores like the recently opened American Eagle, Hershey’s, M&M’s World, and Toys R’ Us. Through all the clusters, visitors still managed to get around.
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