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United Palace Theater - NY

grdesigner79grdesigner79 Posts: 186
edited August 2008 in The Porch
Has anyone been here? I've never been but I was told that it is in a pretty bad area. Any info would be appreciated. What is the parking situation?
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  • Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    The neighborhood isnt great, but vastly over rated being sooo bad.
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  • say_hisay_hi Posts: 312
    Jeremy's Spoken wrote:
    The neighborhood isnt great, but vastly over rated being sooo bad.

    I live 20 blocks from the United Palace and its a better area than where I lived in the Bronx.
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  • parintachin73parintachin73 Posts: 742
    The area is not the greatest, especially in the wee hours, but it's not the worst either. There's plenty of street parking or there's a garage right down the block if you want to be more cautious. If you're just parking for the duration of the show, the street should be fine.
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,320
    you'll be fine, the worst area of nyc right now is far rockaway.
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  • LeilaMoonTurtleLeilaMoonTurtle Posts: 1,418
    u should be fine?
    the street should be fine?
    not the greatest?

    you guys are such asses

    have u ever been to a large city?
    any city?
    they are all the same one street ok the other not so ok
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  • jonoponojonopono Posts: 80
    The theatre is in washington heights ... I lived there for a few years. i wouldn't go wandering around flashing wads of cash after dark, but you should be perfectly safe going to and from the venue, especially with the crowds that will be around.

    Off of Ticketmaster, the parking situation is:
    -Two garages between 176th and 177th on Broadway.
    -Parking lot on 172nd and Broadway.
    -On street metered parking also available.

    Also, you can check out local parking garages on Google maps.

    Hope this helps ...
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  • evzarevzar Posts: 45
    I've managed apartment buildings in the area for 8 years now..

    There are much much worse areas in Washington Heights/Harlem. Its on Broadway which is not bad.

    I wouldnt recommend walking on the side streets after the show on your own, but groups of people outside the venue going to/from the subway or their cars is absolutely no problem or concern.
  • LeilaMoonTurtleLeilaMoonTurtle Posts: 1,418
    to and from the venue?
    wads of cash?

    ooo that is right b careful u know how "those people in washington heights have no money"

    thank god for the people around the venue that night, it is going to b soo much safer?

    I can't believe the crap on this board - every now and then the majority show their idiocy
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  • jonoponojonopono Posts: 80
    LeilaMoonTurtle wrote:
    to and from the venue?
    wads of cash?

    ooo that is right b careful u know how "those people in washington heights have no money"

    thank god for the people around the venue that night, it is going to b soo much safer?

    I can't believe the crap on this board - every now and then the majority show their idiocy

    sorry, i'll be more PC.

    Keep your wits about you and don't act like a jackass tourist or an I-Banker from Greenwich. Don't wander down dark alleyways, or stop to make small talk with the guy who asks you, "Watchoo need?" at the corner of 175th and St. Nick.

    And in response to your seemingly-rhetorical-but-still-asinine-question, absolutely yes. It will be so much safer with large crowds of PJ fans walking to and from the venue. I don't know if you've ever been mugged or attacked in New York (or elsewhere), but the only times that it's happened to people I know personally we/they were in groups of 3 or less. If you're walking with a large crowd in the city, it's a good idea to watch out for pickpockets, but getting held up at knife-point is not really an issue.

    I can't believe the crap on this board - every now and then some idiot shows their idiocy.
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  • LeilaMoonTurtleLeilaMoonTurtle Posts: 1,418
    :)

    soo much better






    jonopono wrote:
    sorry, i'll be more PC.

    Keep your wits about you and don't act like a jackass tourist or an I-Banker from Greenwich. Don't wander down dark alleyways, or stop to make small talk with the guy who asks you, "Watchoo need?" at the corner of 175th and St. Nick.

    And in response to your seemingly-rhetorical-but-still-asinine-question, absolutely yes. It will be so much safer with large crowds of PJ fans walking to and from the venue. I don't know if you've ever been mugged or attacked in New York (or elsewhere), but the only times that it's happened to people I know personally we/they were in groups of 3 or less. If you're walking with a large crowd in the city, it's a good idea to watch out for pickpockets, but getting held up at knife-point is not really an issue.

    I can't believe the crap on this board - every now and then some idiot shows their idiocy.
    http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/Moonturltemoon/PJ MSG 6-24-08/

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    The elements they speak to me.

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL3gQO1WxUk
    so cute they are
  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    it's not a bad area. i take a bus & subway to the bus terminal (175th) one block from the venue everyday and i have never felt unsafe there. of course there are some shade balls, but you get shade balls all over manhattan... from times square to soho.

    if anyone is taking mass transit to the bus terminal and walking to the theatre, it is literally a one block walk. and guess what... you are not alone, you will be walking with a clan of PJ fans.

    don't believe the hype. i still don't know why people assume the worst with NYC.
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