One Times Square

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commercial building landmark office building skyscraper

One Times Square is a famous skyscraper in New York City best known as the site of the annual New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
One Times Square canonical	3
Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop site	1
Times Square New York Times Building	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T845332 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: One Times Square
Context triple: [West 42nd Street, passesBy, One Times Square]

A. 4 Times Square
4 Times Square is a prominent skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan known for its early adoption of green building technologies and its large illuminated signage in Times Square.
B. Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial and entertainment hub in Midtown Manhattan, famous for its bright billboards, Broadway theaters, and New Year’s Eve ball drop.
C. Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a famous Art Deco commercial complex in Midtown Manhattan known for its iconic ice-skating rink, Christmas tree, and the Top of the Rock observation deck.
D. Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is an iconic 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that was once the world’s tallest building and remains a symbol of New York City.
E. New York City Center
New York City Center is a historic performing arts venue in Midtown Manhattan known for its dance, theater, and music programming, including the renowned Encores! series.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: One Times Square
Target entity description: One Times Square is a famous skyscraper in New York City best known as the site of the annual New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square.

A. 4 Times Square
4 Times Square is a prominent skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan known for its early adoption of green building technologies and its large illuminated signage in Times Square.
B. Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial and entertainment hub in Midtown Manhattan, famous for its bright billboards, Broadway theaters, and New Year’s Eve ball drop.
C. Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a famous Art Deco commercial complex in Midtown Manhattan known for its iconic ice-skating rink, Christmas tree, and the Top of the Rock observation deck.
D. Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is an iconic 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that was once the world’s tallest building and remains a symbol of New York City.
E. New York City Center
New York City Center is a historic performing arts venue in Midtown Manhattan known for its dance, theater, and music programming, including the renowned Encores! series.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commercial building ⓘ landmark ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Beaux-Arts ⓘ
borough	Manhattan ⓘ
city	New York City ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
firstNewYearsEveBallDrop	1907 ⓘ
hasEvent	Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop ⓘ linked to: Times Square
hasFeature	LED displays ⓘ New Year’s Eve ball drop pole ⓘ large electronic billboards ⓘ
hasFunction	advertising space ⓘ
hasIntersection	Broadway ⓘ Seventh Avenue ⓘ
hasLighting	countdown numerals for New Year’s Eve ⓘ
hasRenovation	conversion to advertising tower in late 20th century ⓘ
hasSignificance	iconic Times Square advertising tower ⓘ symbol of New Year’s celebrations in the United States ⓘ
hasTenantHistory	The New York Times ⓘ
hasTouristAttractionRole	New Year’s Eve focal point ⓘ
height	approximately 111 meters ⓘ approximately 363 feet ⓘ
isPartOf	Times Square skyline ⓘ
knownFor	New Year’s Eve ball drop ⓘ New Year’s Eve celebrations ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ linked to: New York Times Square ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
mediaCoverage	broadcast worldwide during New Year’s Eve ⓘ
namedAfter	The New York Times ⓘ
neighborhood	Midtown Manhattan ⓘ
numberOfFloors	25 ⓘ
opened	1904 ⓘ
originalName	The New York Times Building ⓘ linked to: New York Times Building
originalOwner	The New York Times Company ⓘ
overlooks	Times Square ⓘ
ownedBy	Jamestown L.P. ⓘ
streetAddress	1475 Broadway ⓘ
use	primarily advertising ⓘ
yearCompleted	1904 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West 42nd Street → passesBy → One Times Square ⓘ

Times Square Studios → nearbyLandmark → Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop site ⓘ

linked to: One Times Square

1515 Broadway → near → One Times Square ⓘ

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve → notableLocation → One Times Square ⓘ

Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz → notableWork → Times Square New York Times Building ⓘ