BP

BP is a gas station in Oak Grove Township, Durham, North Carolina. BP is situated nearby to the neighborhood Joyland, as well as near the dive center Water World Marine.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Durham Performing Arts Center and O’Kelly–Riddick Stadium.

Durham Performing Arts Center

Theater building

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The Durham Performing Arts Center opened November 30, 2008 as the largest performing arts center in the Carolinas at a cost of $48 million. The DPAC hosts over 200 performances a year including touring Broadway productions, high-profile concert and comedy events, family shows and the American Dance Festival. Durham Performing Arts Center is situated 2½ miles west of BP.

O’Kelly–Riddick Stadium

Stadium

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O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium is a college football stadium in Durham, North Carolina. It is the home field of the North Carolina Central University Eagles. The stadium holds 10,000 people and opened in 1975. O’Kelly–Riddick Stadium is situated 2½ miles southwest of BP.

Geer Cemetery

Cemetery

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Geer Cemetery is an African-American cemetery located on Colonial Street between McGill Place and Camden Avenue in northeast Durham, North Carolina. It has also been known as City Cemetery, Old City Cemetery, East Durham Cemetery, and Mason Cemetery. Geer Cemetery is situated 2 miles northwest of BP.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Joyland and Durham.

Joyland

Neighborhood

Joyland is an unincorporated community in Durham County, North Carolina, United States, on North Carolina Highway 98, east of its junction with U.S. Route 70. Most of Joyland was annexed by the city of Durham in 1966.

Durham

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Of the three cities that make up North Carolina's Research Triangle, Durham has traditionally been the grittier, more working-class one. A city of about 283,500 residents in 2020, Durham's early wealth was built on tobacco and textiles, with a vibrant African-American community that once made the city a center for Black culture.