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Broadway (Manhattan street)

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street thoroughfare tourist attraction

Broadway (Manhattan street) is a major thoroughfare in Manhattan renowned as the historic heart of New York City's theater scene and a central artery of its cultural and commercial life.

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Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	street → thoroughfare → tourist attraction →
country	United States →
culturalRole	historic heart of New York City theater scene → major center of American theater → symbol of commercial theater →
feature	diagonal alignment across Manhattan grid →
follows	old Native American trail →
formerName	Breede weg → Broad Way →
hasLandmark	Bowling Green → Columbus Circle → Flatiron Building vicinity → Herald Square → Lincoln Center vicinity → Times Square → Union Square →
hasSection	Broadway Theater District → Great White Way →
intersects	14th Street → 23rd Street → 34th Street → 42nd Street → Columbus Circle → Times Square →
knownFor	Broadway theaters → commercial entertainment → neon signs at Times Square → theater district →
languageOfFormerName	Dutch →
locatedIn	Manhattan → New York City → New York State → United States →
nickname	Great White Way →
partOf	Manhattan street grid →
passesThrough	Civic Center → Financial District → Flatiron District → Greenwich Village → Harlem → Herald Square → Inwood neighborhood → Morningside Heights → NoHo → SoHo → Times Square → Tribeca → Union Square → Upper West Side → Washington Heights →
terminusNorth	Inwood → Marble Hill →
terminusSouth	Bowling Green → State Street →
usedAs	metonym for American theater industry → symbol of New York City culture →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nederlander Organization ("Broadway, Manhattan") →	basedIn
Manhattan ("Broadway (Manhattan)") →	contains
Broadway (Manhattan street) ("Broad Way") →	formerName
Manhattan Island ("Broadway (Manhattan)") →	hasPart
Broadway (Manhattan street) ("Great White Way") →	hasSection
Broadway (South Boston) ("Broadway (Manhattan)") →	isDistinctFrom
Broadway Theatre District →	locatedOn
old Wickquasgeck trail ("Broadway (Manhattan)") →	modernEquivalent
Kingsbridge, Bronx ("Broadway (Manhattan and the Bronx)") →	near
Broadway (Manhattan street) ("Great White Way") →	nickname
Jujamcyn Theaters ("Broadway, Manhattan") →	operatesInArea
Broadway Bridge ("Broadway (Manhattan) thoroughfare") →	partOf
R (New York City Subway service) ("Broadway (Manhattan)") →	runsThrough
SoHo ("West Broadway") →	streetBoundaryWest