Herald Square
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Herald Square is formed by the intersection of Broadway, Sixth Avenue (officially named Avenue of the Americas) and 34th Street in New York City. The area was named for the New York Herald, now the International Herald Tribune, a famous newspaper originally headquartered there. Befitting its newspaper heritage, a triangular park formed by Broadway, Sixth Avenue, and West 32nd Street is named Horace Greeley Square, after the New York Tribune publisher (the Tribune was later acquired by the Herald).
The area is a retail hub. The most notable attraction is Macy's department store, the largest in the United States (and according to Guinness World Records the largest in the world). Macy's archrival Gimbel Brothers was also located in the neighborhood until 1986. Other past retailers in the area included E.J. Korvette and Abraham & Straus. The former Gimbel's site has been converted into the Manhattan Mall.
Its name is widely remembered from a lyric in a well known George M. Cohan song Give My Regards to Broadway, in reference to the newspaper.
The square is just south of Times Square, which is also named after a newspaper, The New York Times. Herald Square's south side borders Koreatown, at West 32nd Street. The area is served by the 34th Street-Herald Square station of the B, D</pre>, F</pre>, V</pre> subway lines, the 34th Street-Herald Square station of the N</pre>, Q</pre>, R</pre>, W</pre> subway lines, and the 33rd Street station of the PATH.
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