Tag: Time square

About 30,000 bees swarm on One Times Square ledge

NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) – Around 30,000 honey bees swarmed on a ledge at One Times Square, where the New Year’s Eve ball drop happens, in New York on Tuesday (June 27). Andrew Coté, a fourth generation beekeeper of andrewshoney.com, was called to the rescue and used a vacuum to suck up the bees. “The bees weren’t colonizing,” Coté said. “The bees were on a nearby hotel and they were probably not very well […]

One dead as car hits crowd in Times Square; police say accident

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A car plowed into a crowd of pedestrians in New York’s bustling Times Square on Thursday, leaving one person dead and at least 19 others injured in what officials said was an accident. The incident sparked instant jitters after recent deadly car-ramming attacks in London, Berlin and the French city of Nice, but officials said early evidence did not point to a terror link. “It is believed to be […]

Waterford crystals installed in Times Square New Year’s Eve ball

NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — The iconic Times Square New Year’s Ball Drop is just days away and final preparations were being made to the world famous Waterford crystal ball on Tuesday (December 27). Workers installed the last of the 288 new sparkling Waterford crystal triangles. The new crystal triangles feature a new design for 2017 called the “Gift of Kindness”. Tim Tompkins, the president of the Times Square Alliance explained. “The Waterford theme […]