New York City Center

New York City Center is a performing arts center at 131 West 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in the neighborhood of .
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: theater in New York City
  • Also known as: City Center 55 Street Theater
  • Historically known as: City Center Fiftyfifth Street Theater”, “City Center of Music and Drama”, and “Mecca Temple
  • Address: NY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carnegie Hall and Museum of Modern Art.

Arts center
is a concert venue at 881 Seventh Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, in , New York City. Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by its namesake, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, the venue is one of the most prestigious in the world for both classical music and popular music. is situated 410 feet north of New York City Center.

Museum
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The is an art museum located in , New York City, on 53rd Street between and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, as well as electronic media. is situated 990 feet southeast of New York City Center.

Theater building
is a Broadway theater and former nightclub at 254 West 54th Street in the neighborhood of , New York, U.S. Opened as the Gallo Opera House in 1927, it served as a CBS broadcast studio in the mid-20th century. is situated 1,200 feet west of New York City Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diamond District and Theater District.

Neighborhood
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Broadway. Times Square. Madison Square Garden. The name says it all: the is the entertainment hub of the city, and possibly the entire nation.

New York is a global center for media, entertainment, art, fashion, research, finance, and trade. The bustling, cosmopolitan heart of the 4th largest metropolis in the world and by far the most populous city in the United States, New York has long been a key entry point and a defining city for the nation.

New York City Center

Latitude
40.76394° or 40° 45′ 50″ north
Longitude
-73.97941° or 73° 58′ 46″ west
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
Inception
1922
Height
69 feet (21 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q27C+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 265150597
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­theatre
Geo­Names ID
6342857
Wiki­data ID
Q535631
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“New York City Center” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نيويورك سيتي سنتر
  • Catalan: New York City Center
  • Chinese: 紐約中心劇院
  • Chinese: 紐約市中心
  • Chinese: 紐約市戲劇中心
  • Dutch: New York City Center
  • French: New York City Center
  • Galician: New York City Center
  • German: New York City Center
  • Hebrew: מרכז העיר ניו יורק
  • Italian: New York City Center
  • Japanese: シティ・センター・シアター
  • Japanese: ニューヨーク・シティ・センター
  • Japanese: ニューヨーク・シティセンター
  • Japanese: ニューヨーク・シティセンター55ストリート
  • Persian: نیویورک سیتی سنتر
  • Romanian: New York City Center
  • Spanish: New York City Center

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