Times Square is a major business junction, tourist attraction, entertainment center, and neighborhood in New York City's midtown Manhattan. The intersection of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street forms it. It comprises of a five-block long bowtie-shaped plaza between 42nd and 47th Streets that is connected to Duffy Square. Also known as "the Crossroads of the World," Times Square is the hub of the Broadway Theater District and a vital center of the world's entertainment industry. As one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, the Square is also one of the world's busiest pedestrian districts, with an estimated 50 million visitors each year!