Apollo Theater

The Apollo Theater is a multi-use theater at 253 West 125th Street in the neighborhood of in . It is a popular venue for Black American performers and is the home of the TV show Showtime at the Apollo.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: theater and music venue in Harlem, New York City
  • Also known as: “125th Street Apollo Theater”, “Apollo Theatre”, and “Hurtig & Seamon’s New Burlesque Theater”
  • Address: 253 West 125th Street, New York, 10027

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Studio Museum in Harlem and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building.

Museum
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The is an African-American art museum at 144 West 125th Street in the neighborhood of , New York City, United States. is situated 880 feet southeast of Apollo Theater.

Government office
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The , originally the Harlem State Office Building, is a nineteen-story, high-rise office building located at 163 West 125th Street at the corner of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. is situated 750 feet southeast of Apollo Theater.

Metro station
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The is an express station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 125th Street and St. is situated 790 feet west of Apollo Theater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harlem and Upper Manhattan and Harlem.

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Upper is a large, relatively under-visited area that ranges from 125th Street to Inwood Hill Park on the west and from 96th Street northward on the east.

Quarter
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is a in , New York City. It is bounded roughly by the on the west; the and 155th Street on the north; on the east; and 110th Street on the south.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the borough of . It is bordered on the north by 135th Street; on the south by 122nd and 125th Streets; on the west by ; and on the east by Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

Apollo Theater

Latitude
40.81013° or 40° 48′ 37″ north
Longitude
-73.94986° or 73° 56′ 60″ west
Height
66 feet (20 metres)
Open location code
87G8R362+33
Open­Street­Map ID
way 271798914
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q619124
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Apollo Theater” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Apollo-teater”
  • Arabic: “مسرح أبولو”
  • Armenian: “«Ապոլլո» թատրոն”
  • Catalan: “Apollo Theater (Nova York)”
  • Catalan: “Apollo Theater”
  • Catalan: “Teatre Apollo (New York)”
  • Chinese: “阿波罗剧院”
  • Chinese: “阿波羅劇場”
  • Chinese: “阿波羅劇院”
  • Chinese: “阿波羅歌劇院”
  • Dutch: “Apollo Theater”
  • Esperanto: “Apollo Theater”
  • Esperanto: “Teatro Apollo”
  • Finnish: “Apollo-teatteri”
  • French: “Apollo Theater”
  • Galician: “Teatro Apollo”
  • Georgian: “თეატრი აპოლო”
  • German: “Apollo Theater”
  • Hebrew: “תיאטרון אפולו”
  • Hungarian: “Apollo Színház (New York)”
  • Hungarian: “Apollo Színház”
  • Italian: “Apollo Theater”
  • Japanese: “APPLO THEATER”
  • Japanese: “アポロ・シアター”
  • Japanese: “アポロシアター”
  • Japanese: “アポロ劇場”
  • Korean: “아폴로 극장”
  • Persian: “تئاتر آپولو”
  • Polish: “Apollo Theater”
  • Portuguese: “Apollo Theater”
  • Portuguese: “Teatro Apollo”
  • Russian: “Аполло (театр)”
  • Russian: “Аполло”
  • Russian: “театр «Аполло»”
  • Russian: “театр Аполло”
  • Spanish: “Apollo Theater”
  • Spanish: “Teatro Apollo (Nueva York)”
  • Spanish: “Teatro Apollo”
  • Swedish: “Apollo Theater”
  • Western Armenian: “«Ափոլլօ» Թատրոն”
  • Western Armenian: “Ափոլլօ Թատրոն”

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