Theater District

Broadway. Times Square. Madison Square Garden. The name says it all: the Theater District is the entertainment hub of the city, and possibly the entire nation.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood in Manhattan
  • Also known as: “Broadway Theater District”, “Theater District, Manhattan”, “Theater Subdistrict”, “Theatre District”, and “Theatre District, New York”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Empire State Building and Museum of Modern Art.

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The is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of , New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931.

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.

Railway station
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is a commuter rail terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in , New York City. Grand Central is the southern terminus of the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem, Hudson and New Haven Lines, serving the northern parts of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New York City and Midtown East.

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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.

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is the core retail and commercial neighborhood of , containing the highest concentration of business and money this side of, well, the planet.

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Sitting on the southwest side of Midtown , has a huge concentration of art galleries and is a popular dining and nightlife district. The area along 8th Avenue is the center of gay social life in Manhattan.

Theater District

Latitude
40.75798° or 40° 45′ 29″ north
Longitude
-73.98555° or 73° 59′ 8″ west
Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q257+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5706568332
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
6944375
Wiki­data ID
Q2662015
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Theater District” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Тэатральны квартал”
  • Chinese: “劇院區域”
  • Chinese: “戏院区 (曼哈顿)”
  • Chinese: “戲院區 (曼哈頓)”
  • Chinese: “紐約劇場區”
  • Dutch: “Theater District”
  • French: “Theater District de Manhattan”
  • French: “Theater District”
  • German: “Manhattan/Times Square”
  • German: “Theater District”
  • German: “Theater Subdistrict”
  • German: “Times Square”
  • Hebrew: “מנהטן/מתחם התיאטראות”
  • Hebrew: “מתחם התיאטראות של מנהטן”
  • Hebrew: “מתחם התיאטראות”
  • Italian: “Theater District”
  • Japanese: “シアター・ディストリクト”
  • Persian: “منطقه تئاتر، منهتن”
  • Persian: “منطقه تئاتر”
  • Portuguese: “Theatre District”
  • Romanian: “Theater District, New York”
  • Romanian: “Theatre District”
  • Russian: “Театр-дистрикт”
  • Russian: “Театр”
  • Russian: “Театральный квартал”
  • Serbian: “Tijeter distrikt”
  • Serbian: “Тијетер дистрикт”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de los Teatros”
  • Spanish: “Theater District”
  • Spanish: “Theatre District”
  • Turkish: “Theater District”
  • Ukrainian: “Театральний квартал (Мангеттен)”
  • Ukrainian: “Театральний квартал”

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