31 October 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, New York City, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries
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© Peter James Zielinski/cc-by-3.0
‘s Theater District (sometimes spelled Theatre District, and officially
zoned as the “Theater Subdistrict”) is an area and
neighborhood in
Midtown Manhattan where most
Broadway theaters are located, as well as many other theaters, movie theaters, restaurants, hotels, and other places of entertainment. It is bounded by West
40th Street on the south, West
54th Street on the north,
Sixth Avenue on the east and
Eighth Avenue on the west, and includes
Times Square.
The Great White Way is the name given to the section of
Broadway which runs through the Theater District. It also contains recording studios, record label offices, theatrical agencies, television studios, restaurants, movie theaters,
Duffy Square,
Shubert Alley, the
Brill Building, and
Madame Tussauds New York.
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27 February 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, New York City
Reading Time: 15 minutes
Broadwaay in Times Square © Peter K Burian/cc-by-sa-4.0
Broadway is a road in the
U.S. state of
New York. Broadway runs from
State Street at
Bowling Green for 13 mi (21 km) through the
borough of
Manhattan and 2 mi (3.2 km) through
the Bronx, exiting north from the city to run an additional 18 mi (29 km) through the municipalities of
Yonkers,
Hastings-On-Hudson,
Dobbs Ferry,
Irvington, and
Tarrytown, and terminating north of
Sleepy Hollow in
Westchester County. It is the oldest north–south main thoroughfare in New York City, dating to the first
New Amsterdam settlement, although most of it did not bear its current name until the late 19th century. The name
Broadway is the English language
literal translation of the
Dutch name,
Brede weg. Broadway in Manhattan is known widely as the heart of the
American theatre industry, and is used as a
metonym for it.
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