Max Neuhaus: Times Square

Artist Max Neuhaus’ sound installation Times Square is a permanent contributor to the neighborhood’s cacophony. Emitting from beneath a subway grate at the northern end of the pedestrian island on Broadway between 45th and 46th Streets, the piece is a soothing sound loop, often described as a hum, that the artist first installed in 1977. The work, which remains unmarked, is one of the area’s hidden gems. As Neuhaus told The New York Times, “The whole idea is that people discover it for themselves.”