Hello, 2025!

Thousands of New York City revelers embraced each other as they rang in 2025 in Times Square in Midtown.

Partiers celebrated the New Year with confetti falling from the surrounding skyscrapers as Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" blasted throughout the area.

New Year's Eve revelers in Times Square didn't let the rain — or concerns over recent high-profile crimes in the Big Apple —get in the way of the celebration Tuesday night.

"I'm not scared at all — this is the safest I've ever felt in a long time," New Yorker Tiffany Lopez, 41, told The Post as she and a dozen of her friends salsa danced in the rain.

"Security was very tight. Made me feel very safe," the Bronx resident added.

"It's an epic experience — something a New Yorker never does. You're in the middle of Times Square, and it's raining, and people are so happy."

A group of friends from Iowa and Chicago came to see the ball drop and applauded the city's security efforts.

"The police are wonderful. Every police officer has been so friendly. ... They made us feel safe. They gave us directions. They took pictures. I really wanna say 'thank you' to the NYPD York Police Department," Nichola Tyler, 51, said from their spot on 50th Street and Seventh Avenue, which they secured around 4 p.m.

Drenched revelers in New York's Times Square aren't about to let some rain, lightning and thunder put a damper on their new year, with many even dancing as the drops fell.

"There's no other place to be than on Times Square on New Year's — especially when the confetti falls!" Tommy Onfolo, who arrived at 6 a.m. from Nassau County, Long Island, told The Post.

It was the 42-year-old's eighth year in a row celebrating the holiday in the Crossroads of the World.

"Not all worried about the rain. I'm a lifeguard and diving board coach in the summer, water doesn’t bother me," he revealed.

"This year wasn't so good to me so I'm just gonna go day by day. It's already getting better tonight. We didnt even start the year and it's already starting off good."

A group of friends from Japan got a prime spot right behind the stage on Seventh Avenue near 47th Street — at 3 a.m.

"We were so excited," said Natsuki Maeda, 25, who was with Mari Isano, 27; Shuto Yamamotto, 26; Shiori Sakurai, 23; and Asuaka Morozumi, 27, said.

"We're ready for anything!"

Scores of vendors from across the city descended on Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday ahead of the New Year’s Eve ball drop, selling merch by the minute and even revealing one of the places they get the quirky goods.

“My mom talked with family here, and they say, ‘Go to the factory on Flushing Avenue and Knickerbocker Avenue’ [in Brooklyn]. We bought all the stuff there,” said a 15-year-old boy who only gave his first name, Bladimir, as he ran a stand filled with New Year’s hats, glasses and balloons on the corner of 50th Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan with his mom, Maria, 39.

The pair of migrants said they came from Ecuador earlier this year and have been selling mango slices in Central Park since their arrival — but decided they would be going for the big money Tuesday, peddling hats for $10 and glasses for $5.

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With rain in the forecast, many flocked 8th Avenue between 47th and 50th streets as early as 7 a.m. to nab a spot that could keep them dry throughout the evening showers.

Even so, there were hardly any umbrellas in sight. Many packed ponchos, while others decided to cut their losses and hunker down with only their winter coats to protect them from the elements.

Valentina Gonzalez traveled from Uruguay to meet with her friends in New York for the ball drop. She’d been camped out in the line prepared to last through the night with pizza boxes and slices of cake from Carlo's Bakery.

“This has been our lifelong dream, to come here and celebrate the new year in New York City,” Gonzalez said.

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John, Laurie and Emma from came from Michigan and have been waiting in line since 11 a.m. to watch the ball drop in Times Square.

It’s their first time seeing the ball drop in NYE.

Emma, a high school senior, says her high for 2024 was going on a cruise with some other families from her school.

John, who works for US Customs and Border Patrol, says he hopes to visit Paris in 2025. 

Sia, Lia and Candace came from across the globe in South Africa to watch the ball drop at midnight.

They haven’t made any New Years resolutions yet, but are reflecting on their career successes in the last year.

Sia is a doctor and medical influencer. 

When asked what the number one health change people should make in 2025, Sia replied “sleep enough.”

By noon on Tuesday, mom Sherelle and her daughter Daria had waited in line for over an hour to ring in the New Year in Times Square. 

They came all the way from Jacksonville, Florida, and say New York is not as cold as they thought it would be.

Daria, a high school student, says her New Year’s resolution is to get better at playing the trumpet.

“I’ll go with the typical one, to lose weight,” Sherelle responded. 

When asked what their goal is for tonight Sherelle said “to make it to the ball.”