Times Square Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Impact of COVID-19=== [[File:Times Square - 49874280633.jpg|thumb|An empty Times Square, May 2020]] The onset of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City]] during 2020 reduced the number of people traveling to Times Square. About 108,000 pedestrians visited Times Square each day in late 2020 compared to the 380,000 before the pandemic. From March to October 2020, 26 of the area's 46 hotels closed, as well as 39 of 151 stores and 84 of 162 restaurants.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kilgannon |first=Corey |date=December 1, 2020 |title=Without Crowds, Is Times Square Really Times Square? Take a Look |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/nyregion/times-square-nyc-coronavirus.html |access-date=July 1, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819060221/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/nyregion/times-square-nyc-coronavirus.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Times Square was closed to the public for New Year's Day 2021 and observers were dispersed into enclosures measuring {{cvt|8|by|8|ft}}.<ref name=nyt20201230>{{Cite news |last=Gold |first=Michael |date=December 30, 2020 |title=No Crowds, but Times Square Ball Drop Is Still Happening. Here's How. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/nyregion/times-square-ball-new-years.html |access-date=March 27, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423190155/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/nyregion/times-square-ball-new-years.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first1=Dan |last1=Fastenberg |last2=Allen |first2=Jonathan |date=December 31, 2020 |title=After a year like no other, New York's Times Square empties out on New Year's Eve |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-year-usa-idUSKBN2951MU |access-date=March 27, 2021 |archive-date=August 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826042232/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-year-usa-idUSKBN2951MU |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page