--- title: New Year's Eve Ball Drop Times Square, New York: Watch Live description: Watch the live stream of the New Year's Eve celebration in New York City for the countdown, ball drop and celebration of 2017. canonical: https://time.com/4619951/watch-new-years-eve-ball-drop-live-new-york/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-31T19:09:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:48.591Z og:title: Watch the New Year's Eve Ball Drop Live in Times Square og:description: We're live-streaming the annual New York City celebration here! og:url: https://time.com/4619951/watch-new-years-eve-ball-drop-live-new-york/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the New Year's Eve Ball Drop Live in Times Square twitter:description: We're live-streaming the annual New York City celebration here! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch the New Year's Eve Ball Drop Live in Times Square  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Dec 31, 2016 7:09 PM UTC  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Dec 31, 2016 7:09 PM UTC If you can’t make it to Times Square to watch the ball drop tonight, we’re here to help. Watch the live stream of the [New Year’s Eve celebration](http://time.com/4619923/new-years-eve-around-the-world-watch-live/) in New York City above for the countdown, ball drop and celebration of 2017\. You’ll join the estimated 1 billion people around the world who are expected to tune in. The [theme of the ball this year](https://www.theweathernetwork.com/us/news/articles/times-square-prepares-for-the-new-years-eve-ball-drop/77497) is “The Gift of Kindness,” with 288 new Waterford crystal panels on the ball (out of 2,688 in total) depicting a [circle of rosettes](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/12/27/times-square-ball-drop-facts/) that symbolize unity. [**_Read More:_** **The Surprising Origins of the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop Tradition**](http://time.com/4608451/new-years-eve-ball-drop-history/) And while you may be missing out on some spectacular confetti, you’re also skipping hours of waiting (and very limited bathroom access). So we hope you enjoy ringing in the New Year in relative comfort as you watch here instead! ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4619951/watch-new-years-eve-ball-drop-live-new-york/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4619951/watch-new-years-eve-ball-drop-live-new-york/"},"headline":"Watch the New Year's Eve Ball Drop Live in Times Square","datePublished":"2016-12-31T19:09:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:48.591Z","description":"We're live-streaming the annual New York City celebration here","url":"https://time.com/4619951/watch-new-years-eve-ball-drop-live-new-york/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Holidays","video","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4619951/watch-new-years-eve-ball-drop-live-new-york/","name":"Watch the New Year's Eve Ball Drop Live in Times Square"}}]}] ```