Editing 4 Times Square (section)

== Site ==
4 Times Square is on the eastern side of [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], between [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] and 43rd Street, at the southern end of [[Times Square]] in the [[Midtown Manhattan]] neighborhood of [[New York City]], New York, U.S.<ref name="ZoLa">{{Cite web |title=1472 Broadway, 10036 |url=https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/995/5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922195122/https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/995/5 |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |access-date=March 25, 2021 |publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]}}</ref><ref name="aia5">{{cite aia5|pages=296}}</ref> The [[land lot]] is trapezoidal and covers {{cvt|45,800|ft2}}. The site has a [[frontage]] of {{cvt|208.46|ft}} on Broadway and a depth of {{cvt|256.27|ft}}.<ref name="ZoLa" />

4 Times Square, as well as the [[Bank of America Tower (Manhattan)|Bank of America Tower]] and [[Stephen Sondheim Theatre]] to the east, comprise the entire [[city block]]. Other nearby locations include the [[The Town Hall (New York City)|Town Hall]] theater and [[the Chatwal New York]] hotel to the northeast, [[1500 Broadway]] to the north, [[1501 Broadway]] to the northwest, [[One Times Square]] and [[3 Times Square]] to the west, [[Times Square Tower]]  and [[5 Times Square]] to the southwest, and [[the Knickerbocker Hotel]] and [[Bush Tower]] to the south.<ref name="ZoLa" /><ref name="aia5" />  An entrance to the [[New York City Subway]]'s [[Times Square–42nd Street station]], served by the {{NYCS trains|Times Square}}, is across 42nd Street. There is also an entrance to the [[42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue station]], served by the {{NYCS trains|Bryant Park}}, less than a block east.<ref>{{cite web |date=2018 |title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Times Sq-42 St (S) |url=https://new.mta.info/document/2711 |url-status=live |access-date=September 13, 2018 |website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]] |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829194031/https://new.mta.info/document/2711}}</ref>

3, 4, and 5 Times Square and the Times Square Tower comprise a grouping of office buildings that were developed at Times Square's southern end in the late 1990s and early 2000s.<ref name="Stern (2006) p. 714">{{harvnb|Stern|Fishman|Tilove|2006|ps=.|p=714}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Holusha |first=John |date=November 3, 2004 |title=Sleaze-Free Times Square as a New Financial Center |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/03/business/sleazefree-times-squareas-a-new-financial-center.html |access-date=September 27, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913183838/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/03/business/sleazefree-times-squareas-a-new-financial-center.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wsj20141117">{{Cite news |last=Feiden |first=Douglas |date=November 17, 2014 |title=Vacancy Is Opportunity at 4 Times Square |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/vacancy-is-opportunity-at-4-times-square-1416188200 |url-status=live |access-date=September 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201185644/http://online.wsj.com/articles/vacancy-is-opportunity-at-4-times-square-1416188200 |archive-date=December 1, 2014 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> The northern portion of 4 Times Square's site had been occupied by [[George M. Cohan's Theatre]] and the Fitzgerald Building before 1938,<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 3, 1938|title=Times Sq. Corner Bid in at Auction; Fitzgerald Building and the Cohan Theatre Taken Over by New York Life|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/06/03/archives/times-sq-corner-bid-in-at-auction-fitzgerald-building-and-the-cohan.html|access-date=October 6, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> then by the [[Big Apple Theatre]] and a [[Nathan's Famous]].<ref name="nyt19900218"/> The southern portion of the site had contained the [[Longacre Building]].<ref name="nyt19900218">{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=February 18, 1990 |title=For Durst, It's Now a Tower Instead of Taxpayers |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/18/realestate/commercial-property-holdouts-for-durst-it-s-now-a-tower-instead-of-taxpayers.html |access-date=September 11, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911222540/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/18/realestate/commercial-property-holdouts-for-durst-it-s-now-a-tower-instead-of-taxpayers.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The Nathan's space was originally a Toffenetti's restaurant,<ref name="Morabito 2012">{{cite web |last=Morabito |first=Greg |date=August 28, 2012 |title=A Trip to Toffenetti, Times Square's 1000 Seat Restaurant |url=https://ny.eater.com/2012/8/28/6558333/a-trip-to-toffenetti-times-squares-1000-seat-restaurant |access-date=September 17, 2021 |website=Eater NY |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917162902/https://ny.eater.com/2012/8/28/6558333/a-trip-to-toffenetti-times-squares-1000-seat-restaurant |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nyt19680810">{{Cite news |last=Shepard |first=Richard F. |date=August 10, 1968 |title=Nathan's Famous Planning a Broadway Premiere; Coney Island Hot-Dog Vender to Take Over Toffenetti's Restaurant in December |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/08/10/archives/nathans-famous-planning-a-broadway-premiere-coney-island-hotdog.html |access-date=September 17, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917183923/https://www.nytimes.com/1968/08/10/archives/nathans-famous-planning-a-broadway-premiere-coney-island-hotdog.html |url-status=live}}</ref> which opened in 1940.<ref name="Morabito 2012" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 7, 1940 |title=Toffenetti's is Opened; Crowds See Exercises for New Times Square Restaurant |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/08/07/archives/toffenettis-is-opened-crowds-see-exercises-for-new-times-square.html |access-date=September 17, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917183923/https://www.nytimes.com/1940/08/07/archives/toffenettis-is-opened-crowds-see-exercises-for-new-times-square.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Designed by [[Walker & Gillette]], the Toffenetti's restaurant had 1,000 seats;<ref name="Morabito 2012" /> the Nathan's opened in the Toffenetti's building in 1968.<ref name="nyt19680810" />