Originally from: The Catskills.

Day Job: Singer-actor; forming his own management company, Entertain Today.

Favorite Spots: Times Square, Yankee Stadium.

Best Day's Take: $375; sometimes $125 an hour. Williams performs for three to four hours at a stretch, tops.

On Busking: "The worst audiences are groups of young men. They'll be abusive, confrontational. They want to kick Spidey's ass. The best are younger kids, under five years old. They think I'm really Spiderman. And you almost get raped by some of the women."

Text and photos by street photographer Joseph O. Holmes