As TKTS turns 40, applause for Brooklyn booth
The famed TKTS booth in Times Square, where New Yorkers and tourists alike wait in line for same-day discount Broadway and off-Broadway tickets, turned 40 on Tuesday.
Many ticket buyers, however, prefer the TKTS booth at MetroTech in Downtown Brooklyn because of its smaller lines. Yelp, the customer-review website, has 19 entries about the Brooklyn TKTS, and every single reviewer gave it five stars – the highest rating.
For example, Gabrielle P. of Newport Beach, Calif, wrote, “After close to no luck at the Times Square booth for Saturday matinee, Saturday evening, and Sunday evening for `Once’ and/or `Newsies,’ we decided to risk it all, double or nothing on Monday morning [our last day in NYC].
“I didn’t see `Newsies’–until TKTS changed my life (#dramatic). On our last day, we went to the office in Brooklyn, and the employee helped us right away (no line whatsoever).