British Empire Building

The British Empire Building, also known by its address 620 Fifth Avenue, is a commercial building at Rockefeller Center in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.

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Type: Commercial building
Description: building in Rockefeller Center, New York City
Address: 620 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Modern Art and Saint Patricks Cathedral.

Museum of Modern Art

Museum

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The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth 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. Museum of Modern Art is situated 1,100 feet north of British Empire Building.

Saint Patricks Cathedral

Church

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St. Patrick's Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States. It is the seat of the Archbishop of New York as well as a parish church. Saint Patricks Cathedral is situated 420 feet east of British Empire Building.

Radio City Music Hall

Theater building

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Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue and theater at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Radio City Music Hall is situated 610 feet northwest of British Empire Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diamond District and Theater District.

Diamond District

Neighborhood

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A diamond district is an area where the cutting, polishing, and trade of diamonds and other gems takes place. There are a number of these districts around the world, including:…

Theater District

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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.

Midtown East

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

British Empire Building

Categories: multi-story urban building, building, and office
Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.75858° or 40° 45′ 31″ north

Longitude

-73.9778° or 73° 58′ 40″ west

Inception

1932

Open location code

87G8Q25C+CV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 91200880

OpenStreetMap feature

building=commercial

Wikidata ID

Q2925720

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“British Empire Building” goes by many names.

Chinese: “大英帝國大廈”
French: “British Empire Building”
Spanish: “British Empire Building”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Channel Gardens and La Maison Francaise.

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