Car Rental New York and MTV Studios Times Square

At One Astor Plaza is where you will find MTV's Studios in Times Square with your car rental New York. This is also home to Viacom and the Nokia Theater. The Studios are located at 1515 Broadway at West 45th Street.

Get into the groove

The MTV Studios are housed on the second floor of the building. Viacom, which owns MTV, is a major tenant in the building and also has a store on the ground floor. There are three major studios where everything happens: The Uptown Studio, the Midtown Studio, and the Downtown Studio. Uptown Studio is where Total Request Live was filmed, and is perhaps one of the best-known studios. The Midtown Studio is used by MTV News. The smallest studio is the Downtown Studio, which is used for other countdown shows.

More about MTV

MTV, or Music Television, is a cable network that was launched in 1981. Its original purpose was to play music videos, although there are a number of television shows directed towards adolescents as well on the channel. The station has revolutionized the music industry and also television.

Times Square

Times Square is a major intersection in Manhattan that you will want to explore with your car rental New York. It is at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and a major commercial center of the area. Times Square is perhaps best known for its annual New Year's Eve ball drop, which has been a tradition since 1907. Hundred of thousands of people come from around the world come here to see the Waterford crystal ball being lowered and the fireworks that take place after. Soon, Times Square will be closed to your car rental New York. Only pedestrian traffic will be allowed in the area. The project will begin in May 2009 and continue for a year.

Want to find a deal?

While you are Times Square, you might want to check out the TKTS booth, which sells tickets to Broadway and Off-Broadway shows at discounted prices of 25-50% off. This has been open since 1973 in Times Square and Duffy Square. You can only buy tickets on the day of the show, so there may be limited shows that you will be able to see.

When you visit with your car rental New York, you can explore a studio that has changed television for youth over the last two decades. MTV has been influential in the music business and more recently, in reality television. Stop by to see who is performing while you are here, then head over the rest of Times Square to explore.

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