Times Square

NYC’s Smoke Free Air Act prohibits smoking and the use of electronic cigarettes in most public spaces, which includes parks and pedestrian plazas. That means no smoking, of anything, is allowed in Times Square.

As many celebrate the legalization of marijuana, not everyone wants to smell it. There have been so many complaints, Times Square is now reminding weed lovers that all smoking is banned from the public plaza, and there are new signs posted to alert everyone. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

The 42nd Street-Port Authority subway station was evacuated after a fire on the tracks, and then again after a suspicious object was reported. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

Riders were evacuated at the same busy midtown subway station twice on Tuesday after a fire broke out on the tracks, then a suspicious device was discovered just minutes later, according to officials.

A Maine teenager alleged to have attempted to kill three NYPD officers blocks from Times Square on New Year’s Eve in the name of jihad been charged federally, court documents show.

The Maine teenager accused of trying to murder NYPD officers in a New Year’s Eve machete attack near Times Square amid throngs of revelers was indicted on a slew of terror-related charges, the district attorney’s office said.

A 21-year-old Queens woman who went missing without a trace on the night of New Year’s Eve has been found safe, according to police.

The 19-year-old Maine man charged with trying to murder NYPD officers in a New Year’s Eve machete attack near Times Square shortly before the iconic ball drop was remanded to Department of Correction custody following his video arraignment from a hospital on Wednesday. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

Adamaris Garcia of Queens went missing on New Year’s Eve and the 21-year-old’s family is desperate to find out why there has been no trace of her. Investigators say Garcia had finished her shift at a Manhattan restaurant around 9 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2022. Garcia, who is known to her family as Yuri, then went out with a friend,…

The NYPD is asking for help finding a 21-year-old woman who vanished in the waning minutes of 2022 after getting on a subway in her home borough of Queens.

The 19-year-old Maine man charged with trying to murder NYPD officers in a New Year’s Eve machete attack near Times Square shortly before the iconic ball drop was remanded to Department of Correction custody following his video arraignment from a hospital on Wednesday. Trevor Bickford, whom senior law enforcement officials have described as a “homegrown violent extremist,” is accused...

Welp, so much for 2023. Barely four days into the new year, the 11,875-pound Waterford Crystal-bedecked ball that drops from the top of One Times Square in one of the globe’s most famous New Year’s Eve celebrations is dark. The 2023 numerals have vanished, prompting concern from Times Square-goers and, potentially, the world over the fate of the celebrated annual…

The NYPD is asking for help finding a 21-year-old woman who vanished in the waning minutes of 2022 after getting on a subway in her home borough of Queens, authorities said Tuesday. Adamaris Garcia, of 48th Street, was last seen around 11:15 p.m. on Saturday, New Year’s Eve, on a northbound N train that was stopped at the Queensboro Plaza…

19-year-old attacked several NYPD officers with a machete. Marc Santia reports.

The teenage suspect in New Year’s Eve machete attack on three NYPD officers near Times Square has been charged with attempted murder, police said.

As neighbors describe the officer hurt in the attack as a caring young man, there are also questions about whether the suspect in the New Year’s Eve machete melee may have tried to reach for an officer’s gun. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

There are new questions about whether the suspect in the New Year’s Eve machete melee may have tried to reach for an NYPD officer’s gun. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

All three officers hospitalized after the machete attack were released early Sunday morning, police officials said. News 4’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

A team of NYPD officers working the New Year’s Eve detail near Times Square were attacked two hours before the ball drop Saturday, officials said.

Police working New Year’s Eve detail in Times Square were wounded by a machete-wielding man who struck multiple officers in the head in what law enforcement are investigating as a possible targeted attack. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.