New Yorkers looking to catch big deals on Black Friday may be finding even bigger crowds this year, according to city figures released Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The analysis published by the city\u2019s Economic Development Corporation found that city visitors flocked to hubs like Bryant Park, Times Square and SoHo on Black Friday in record numbers last year \u2013 with 1 million alone visiting the shopping hubs \u2014 and are expected to return in droves in 2025.<\/p>\n
New Yorkers looking to catch big deals on Black Friday may be finding even bigger crowds, according to city figures released Wednesday. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n
New York locals, meanwhile, took their business to growing retail districts in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, with multiple major retail corridors seeing double-digit jumps in shopper counts between 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom lively holiday markets to iconic department stores, New York City\u2019s holiday festivities add hundreds of millions of dollars to our economy and draw visitors from across the entire country and from around the globe,\u201d Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether it\u2019s opening up more streets for pedestrians through our city\u2019s Holiday Streets program, keeping New Yorkers safe during major holiday events, or supporting small businesses across all five boroughs, our administration has helped grow our city\u2019s holiday economy year after year.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Big Apple ushered in a whopping 64.3 million visitors in 2024, marking the second-highest tourist count in city history. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n
A string of Big Apple tourist destinations showed \u201cimpressive growth\u201d from 2023 to 2024, per the report, with Times Square welcoming 48,000 more visitors on an average weekend in December last year compared to the same period in 2023. <\/p>\n
In the same time period, Fifth Avenue saw 27,000 more weekend visitors on average.<\/p>\n
Compared to \u201ctypical\u201d weekends in 2024, Bryant Park was 2.6 times busier, Fifth Avenue was 2.3 times busier, and Times Square was 1.5 times busier than average.<\/p>\n
Compared to \u201ctypical\u201d weekends in 2024, Bryant Park was 2.6 times busier than average in December. Matthew McDermott<\/p>\n
Perhaps unsurprisingly, two-thirds of Times Square visitors on Black Friday hailed from outside the five boroughs, and roughly half came from outside the metro area, the report reads.<\/p>\n
Outside Manhattan, Jamaica and Flushing in Queens reported a total 170,000 visitors on Black Friday 2024, an increase of more than 11,000 from the year before.<\/p>\n
Both the Bronx\u2019s Fordham Road and Metrotech in Brooklyn saw year-over-year growth of 11% on Black Friday from 2023 to 2024.<\/p>\n
The Bronx\u2019s Fordham Road (above) and Metrotech in Brooklyn saw year-over-year growth of 11% on Black Friday from 2023 to 2024. Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n
The Big Apple ushered in a whopping 64.3 million visitors in 2024<\/a>, marking the second-highest tourist count in city history \u2014 though it remains to be seen if the city will exceed that figure in 2025 amid international travelers\u2019 economic fears.<\/a><\/p>\n