Broad Street (Philadelphia)

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major north–south street street thoroughfare

Broad Street (Philadelphia) is a major north–south thoroughfare and one of the city’s primary streets, known for landmarks like City Hall and the Avenue of the Arts.

Aliases (6)

Broad Street ×12
South Broad Street ×2
Broad Street (to the east, commonly) ×1
Broad Street corridor ×1
Broad and Market Streets, Philadelphia ×1
North Broad Street ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	major north–south street → street → thoroughfare →
alsoKnownAs	PA 611 (portion) →
city	Philadelphia →
country	United States →
direction	north–south →
forms	Avenue of the Arts corridor in Center City →
gridRole	principal north–south axis of Philadelphia street grid →
hasDesignation	Pennsylvania Route 611 (in part) →
hasLandmark	Academy of Music (Philadelphia) → Avenue of the Arts → Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts → Philadelphia City Hall → Philadelphia City Hall tower at Broad and Market → Temple University Main Campus vicinity → The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel building →
hasSection	Avenue of the Arts section → North Broad Street → South Broad Street →
intersects	Cecil B. Moore Avenue → Girard Avenue → Lehigh Avenue → Market Street (Philadelphia) → Oregon Avenue → Roosevelt Boulevard → Washington Avenue →
is	one of the primary streets of Philadelphia →
knownFor	Avenue of the Arts → New Year’s Day Mummers Parade route → Philadelphia City Hall → sports celebration parades →
locatedIn	Pennsylvania → Philadelphia → United States →
near	Philadelphia City Hall courtyard →
passesThrough	Center City Philadelphia → North Philadelphia → South Philadelphia →
publicTransit	SEPTA Broad Street Line stations →
role	civic parade route → cultural corridor → major commercial corridor →
servedBy	Broad Street Line (SEPTA subway) →
state	Pennsylvania →
terminusNear	Cheltenham Avenue (north end) → Philadelphia Navy Yard (south end) →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
City Hall Square (Philadelphia) → Fern Rock Transportation Center ("Broad Street") →	adjacentTo
Broad Street Line ("Broad Street") → SEPTA Broad Street Line ("Broad Street") →	followsStreet
Broad Street (Philadelphia) ("North Broad Street") → Broad Street (Philadelphia) ("South Broad Street") →	hasSection
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts ("South Broad Street") → Symphony Hall ("Broad Street") →	locatedOn
Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) ("Broad and Market Streets, Philadelphia") →	address
Fairmount ("Broad Street (to the east, commonly)") →	borderedBy
SEPTA Broad Street Line ("Broad Street corridor") →	corridor
Fairmount ("Broad Street") →	hasCommercialCorridor
Tasker–Morris station ("Broad Street") →	hasExitTo
Market Street (Philadelphia) →	hasIntersection
South Philadelphia ("Broad Street") →	hasMajorStreet
Philadelphia street grid ("Broad Street") →	hasPart
Mummers Parade ("Broad Street") →	mainVenue
Walnut–Locust station ("Broad Street") →	nearbyStreet
J ("Broad Street") →	terminus
North Philadelphia ("Broad Street") →	traversedBy