Times Square Alliance Provides New Amenity Marking the Next Stage in the Evolution of the Broadway Plazas in New York

Times Square, New York City. Photo by joiseyshowaa.

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ — The Times Square Alliance announced that they have teamed up with Yahoo! to bring free wire­less Internet access to Times Square. Times Square, long known as the Crossroads of the World, will also be the cross­roads of the wire­less world. Together, Times Square Alliance and Yahoo! are enabling you to con­nect within the Crossroads of the World so you can access your world and the world around you.

Whether you are access­ing free Wi-Fi from your lap­top or mobile phone, Times Square Alliance and Yahoo! are empow­er­ing vis­i­tors to do more with the Web so they can get more out of their expe­ri­ence within Times Square. Visitors gain access through a new por­tal that offers the lat­est infor­ma­tion about Times Square events and busi­nesses, as well as local weather and news from around the world.

“Times Square has always been a neigh­bor­hood on the fore­front of cre­ativ­ity and tech­nol­ogy,” said Times Square Alliance President Tim Tompkins. “It’s among the most plugged-in, linked up and media-saturated places on the planet. So it’s only fit­ting that vis­i­tors to the Crossroads of the World enjoy free Wi-Fi as the next step on Times Square’s jour­ney to becom­ing a world-class 21st cen­tury pub­lic space.”

The Broadway Pedestrian Plazas have cre­ated a gath­er­ing space for the com­mu­nity and vis­i­tors alike, and now the addi­tion of this new, free ser­vice fur­ther pro­vides them with access to the level of cut­ting edge tech­nol­ogy tra­di­tion­ally asso­ci­ated with Times Square.

Pedestrians on the new Broadway Plazas can sit down at a cafe table, or on Duffy Square’s iconic red glass steps, and access their email, read the review of a Broadway show they are con­sid­er­ing, browse local restau­rant menus, or sim­ply see who’s play­ing at Caroline’s that evening. Locals could even use the free web access to trans­late con­ver­sa­tions with inter­est­ing tourists from around the globe.

The ser­vice will be kicked off on November 10 with a Times Square Internet Cafe oper­at­ing from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. on the Broadway Pedestrian Plaza between 43rd and 44th Street, just east of Military Island. Patrons will be able to sit down in the inter­net cafe, enjoy a free cup of cof­fee and log onto the new Wi-Fi ser­vice. Tables will be pro­vided for patrons that bring their own lap­tops and addi­tional lap­tops will be avail­able to vis­i­tors on a first come, first serve basis.

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