Times Square

Free to visitMidtown

Directions

The tidy Times Square of today is a long way from the one in Taxi Driver, but the street plan is the same.

Time there
20 minutes
Best time
Before 9am, or late at night for the lights
Cost
Free
Good to know
The red steps over the TKTS booth are the easiest place to stop and look.

Filmed here

  • Taxi Driver (1976)

    Travis cruises the 42nd Street strip at night and takes Betsy to a dirty movie nearby, which ends their date.

  • Big (1988)

    Grown-up Josh spends his first scared night in a cheap hotel on West 45th Street, a block east of the square.

Taxi Driver - TrailerThe official trailer for Taxi Driver, Travis Bickle’s night-time New York. · Sony Pics at Home on YouTube
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