Herald Square, Urban square at Broadway and Sixth Avenue intersection in Manhattan, US.

Herald Square is where Broadway and Sixth Avenue intersect, creating a distinctive bow-shaped layout at 34th Street. The two sections are separated by pedestrian walkways that define the character of this bustling commercial intersection.

The square is named for the New York Herald, whose Stanford White-designed building stood here from 1893 to 1921. Before its 1890s redevelopment the site lay in the Tenderloin district, among bars, dance halls and the Manhattan Opera House. The Herald Building was demolished in 1921; its clock figures were reinstalled in the square in 1940.

The name comes from the New York Herald, whose Stanford White-designed headquarters stood here until its 1921 demolition. The paper's publisher, James Gordon Bennett Jr., is remembered by the monument's bell, which was designed to chime the hour. The square also appears in George M. Cohan's 1904 song "Give My Regards to Broadway."

The square is easily accessible by subway, with the 34th Street-Herald Square station connecting multiple lines for direct access to the shopping district. The area is straightforward to explore on foot and offers plenty of shops and restaurants nearby.

The two seven-foot bronze laborers on the James Gordon Bennett Monument, nicknamed Stuff and Guff, appear to ring the bell with their mallets, but the bell is actually struck by mallets hidden behind it. The figures and clock came from the 1894 New York Herald Building and were reinstalled in the square in 1940.