In which city is the New Year's Eve ball drop held at Times Square?

The New Year's Eve ball drop at Times Square is held in New York City.

Times Square is a major commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan, centered near Broadway and Seventh Avenue. Its illuminated signs, theaters, hotels, and dense pedestrian crowds have made it a natural setting for one of the world's best-known public New Year's celebrations.

The first Times Square ball drop occurred on December 31, 1907. The event continued the area's New Year tradition after the New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly built Times Building, later called One Times Square. The building remains the visual center of the ceremony even though the newspaper's offices are no longer there.

People sometimes call the event simply “the New York ball drop,” but New York City contains many other neighborhoods and celebrations. The specific ceremony described here is the one staged in Times Square, where the illuminated ball descends before midnight and the new year is welcomed with confetti and performances.