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Broadway at 175th St (United Palace)

The stretch of Broadway around the United Palace theater, with Malecón across the street and the Plaza de las Americas pedestrian plaza on W 175th St.

Roughly Broadway from about W 173rd to W 177th St, centered on W 175th St between Broadway and Wadsworth Ave.

The United Palace theater and its lit marquee at the corner of Broadway and W 175th St, seen from across the intersection.
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The United Palace on Broadway at W 175th Street
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Looking east down W 175th Street from Broadway
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The George Washington Bridge Bus Station near Broadway and W 178th Street
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Broadway beside the United Palace in August 2026
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Southbound Broadway at W 180th Street
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The former Loew's 175th Street Theatre, now the United Palace
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This is a landmark-heavy stretch of the Broadway valley in Washington Heights. The United Palace, a 1930 theater at 4140 Broadway built as Loew’s 175th Street Theatre, anchors the block, and Malecón, the Dominican restaurant at 4141 Broadway, is directly across the street. Next to the theater, W 175th St between Broadway and Wadsworth Ave was turned into Plaza de las Americas, a pedestrian plaza that the city opened in 2015.

According to the city’s 2015 announcement, the plaza added benches, lighting, trees, and a public water-fountain artwork by Ester Partegàs, and was designed to support the vendor market that had used that block for years and the GrowNYC Greenmarket held there. The city said it can also host public events such as craft fairs and performances.

The 175th St A station is here, and Wikipedia lists it as the only fully accessible subway station in Washington Heights (the connecting tunnel to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station is not accessible). J. Hood Wright Park is at the station entrance.

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