Demonstrators came together Sunday to celebrate women's rights in Midtown.
The Go Topless Pride Parade started at Columbus Circle and ended at Bryant Park.
The event comes as the city debates a quality of life problem in Times Square - after a group of women have caused a stir by posing for topless pictures in exchange for cash.
Protesters say the right for women to go topless is an issue of gender inequality.
"I got inspired for the first time im my life to be topless in public. I have never done that before - I'm 69 years old," said one participant.
"Women should be treated like men; have all of the same equal rights as men. It's as simple as that. If the women can't go topless then men shouldn't go topless," said one supporter.
"Very unusual, you wouldn't get that kind of thing in Scotland. I'm not sure if I approve at all. There's little children running around," said one Bryant Park visitor.
Similar events were held in about 60 cities celebrating the worldwide Go Topless Day.
In New York, being topless in public has been legal since 1992.