PLEASE NOTE: The info below is current as of December 2008. Should changes be announced for this year's New Year's Eve event, information will be posted here.

Access to Times Square on the evening of December 31st will be from 6th Avenue or 8th Avenue only.  No one will be allowed to cross Broadway/7th Avenue once the streets have been closed.  If your destination is east of Broadway/7th Avenue, you must enter at 6th Avenue.  If your destination is west of Broadway/7th Avenue, you must enter at 8th Avenue.

If you are hosting an event, large or small, in the Times Square area on New Year's Eve, please have your guests present a printed invitation with the address of their destination in order to gain access at either 6th or 8th Avenue. Please click here to download sample invitations.

In addition, the NYPD may require larger events to register with the police department, and the hosts of such events may be required to place a representative at either 6th or 8th Avenue (whichever is appropriate) with a guest list to assist with arrivals.  Please click one of the following links to register your event:

For events north of West 45th Street, click here.

For events south of West 45th Street, click here.

Access to Times Square on New Year's Eve

To access Times Square south of 41st Street, please enter at:

37th Street & 7th Avenue

37th Street & Broadway

38th Street & 8th Avenue

38th Street & 6th Avenue

To access Times Square north of 43rd Street:

45th from 8th Avenue & 6th Avenue

46th Street from 8th Avenue & 6th Avenue (press access)

49th Street from 8th Avenue & 6th Avenue

52nd Street from 8th Avenue & 6th Avenue

54th Street from 6th Avenue

55th Street from 8th Avenue

57th Street from 7th Avenue

57th Street from Broadway

58th Street from 8th Avenue & 6th Avenue

59th Street from 8th Avenue & 6th Avenue

Pedestrian & Subway Chutes

39th Street: Limited access to cross from Broadway to 6th Avenue

41st Street: Limited access to cross 7th Avenue directed westbound to 8th Avenue

49th Street: Limited access to cross 7th Avenue directed eastbound to 6th Avenue

50th Street: Limited access to cross Broadway directed westbound to 8th Avenue

53rd Street: Limited access to cross Broadway directed westbound to 8th Avenue

55th Street: Limited access to cross 7th Avenue directed eastbound to 7th Avenue

Counter-Terrorism Hotline

(718) 615-7040

1-888-NYC-SAFE

Available 24 hours/7 days

All calls are confidential.