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E 69th St & 5th Ave
New York, NY 10021


Concert Venue Near Rumsey Playfield - Central Park

Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
Radio City Music Hall; 1260 Sixth Ave
New York, NY 10020

(866) 858-0007

There is no better place to be during the holidays than at the Radio City Christmas Spectacular®! It is a one-of-a-kind celebration for sharing with family, friends, and loved ones. Share in the joy with the Rockettes®, Santa, the Nutcracker, and the unforgettable Living Nativity. No one does it better than the Radio City Christmas Spectacular!

PlayStation Theater
Distance: 1.3 mi Competitive Analysis
1515 Broadway at West 44th St
New York, NY 10036

(212) 930-1950

Roseland Ballroom
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
239 W 52nd St
New York, NY 10019

(212) 247-0200

Courtesy of Wikipedia.org The Roseland Ballroom (also referred to as Roseland Dance City) is a multipurpose hall, in a converted ice skating rink, with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree, in New York City's theater district, on West 52nd Street. The venue can accommodate 3,200 standing (with an additional 300 upstairs), 2,500 for a dance party, between 1,300 and 1,500 in theater style, 800-1,000 for a sit-down dinner, and 1,500 for a buffet and dancing. The quirky venue has hosted everything, from a Hillary Clinton birthday party, to annual gay circuit parties, to movie premieres, to musical performances from all genres. It is best known after the American singer Fiona Apple threw her infamous tantrum during her concert at the venue in 2000. The rear of the venue faces West 53rd Street and the Ed Sullivan Theater. It is seen virtually every time that comedian David Letterman has outside antics during taping of the Late Show with David Letterman beside his theater (prompting various attempts to paint the industrial-looking wall to make it look better on national television). Roseland Ballroom History Roseland was founded initially in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1917 by Louis Brecker with financing by Frank Yuengling of the D. G. Yuengling & Son beer family. In 1919, they moved the venue to 1658 Broadway at 51st Street in New York. It was a "whites only" dance club called the "home of refined dancing", famed for the "society orchestra" groups that played there, starting with Sam Lanin and his Ipana Troubadours. The all-white, ballroom-dancing atmosphere of the club gradually changed with the ascendance in popularity of hot jazz, as played by African American bands on the New York nightclub scene. The Fletcher Henderson band played at Roseland in the 1920s and 1930s. Louis Armstrong, Count Basie (with his "Roseland Shuffle"), and Chick Webb followed with their orchestras. Other major-name bandleaders who played the venue included Vincent Lopez, Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller. Many big-band performances were broadcast live from Roseland by radio networks; recordings survive of several NBC broadcasts of 1940, featuring the young Ella Fitzgerald fronting the Chick Webb band. Brecker popularized marathon dancing until it was banned, staged female prizefights, yo-yo exhibitions, sneezing contests, and dozens of highly publicized jazz weddings with couples who met at the club. As the club grew older, Brecker attempted to formalize the dancing more by having hostesses dance for 11¢ a dance or $1.50 a half-hour with tuxedoed bouncers (politely known as "housemen") keeping order. It was to work its way into stories by Ring Lardner, Sherwood Anderson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John O'Hara. Roseland's Current 52nd Street History The original New York Roseland was torn down in 1956 and it moved to its new venue on West 52nd, a building that Brecker earlier had converted from an ice-skating rink to a roller-skating rink. It had been built in 1922 at a cost of $800,000 by the Iceland ice-skating franchise. A thousand skaters showed up on opening night at the 80-by-200-foot rink on November 29, 1922. Iceland went bankrupt in 1932 and the rink opened as the Gay Blades Ice Rink. Brecker took it over in the 1950s and converted it to roller-skating. Time magazine described the new Roseland's opening interior as a "purple-and-cerise tentlike décor that creates a definite harem effect." Brecker attempted to maintain its ballroom dancing style, banning rock and roll and disco. In 1974 Brecker told The New York Times, "Cheek-to-cheek dancing, that's what this place is all about." Brecker sold the building in 1981 to Albert Ginsberg. Under the new owners the Roseland began regularly scheduled "disco nights", which gave rise to a period when it was considered a dangerous venue and neighborhood menace. In 1984, a teenager was shot to death on the dance floor. In 1990, after Utah tourist Brian Watkins was killed in the subway, four of the eight suspects (members of the FTS gang) were found partying at Roseland. As a result, Roseland discontinued the "disco nights". Its low-rise three-story structure on top of the quarter-acre dance floor in the middle of midtown Manhattan has stirred concerns over its being torn down for redevelopment. In 1996, a new owner, Laurence Ginsberg, filed plans to tear down the venue and replace it with a 42-story, 459-unit apartment building. A spokesman for Ginsberg said the filing was to "beat a deadline for new, more stringent earthquake codes, which went into effect earlier" in 1996. The interior space has been subsequently renovated.

92nd Street Y
Distance: 1.2 mi Competitive Analysis
1395 Lexington Ave
New York, NY 10128

(212) 415-5500

The Iridium
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
1650 Broadway
New York, NY 10019

(212) 582-2121

The Iridium presents a diverse range of music 7 nights a week, specializing in guitar and jazz as befits our history of The Home of Les Paul. We start every week by honoring Les with The Les Paul Trio- each week there is a special guest- past guests have included Jeff Beck, Steve Miller, Zakk Wylde, Todd Rundgren, Ted Nugent and many others.

Central Park Summer Stage
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
East 72 St
New York, NY 10007

Beacon Theater, 74th & Broadway, NYC
Distance: 0.8 mi Competitive Analysis
2124 Broadway
New York, NY 10023

(212) 465-6500

Palace Theatre (New York City)
Distance: 1.2 mi Competitive Analysis
1564 Broadway
New York, NY 10036

(212) 730-8200

Palace Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 1564 Broadway (at West 47th Street) in midtown Manhattan, New York City. From 1913 through about 1929, the Palace attained legendary status among vaudeville performers as the flagship of the Keith–Albee organization, and the most desired booking in the country."Supreme Vaudeville"Designed by Milwaukee architects Kirchoff & Rose, the 1,740-seat theatre was funded by Martin Beck, a vaudeville entrepreneur based in San Francisco, in an attempt to challenge Keith–Albee's east-coast monopoly. Albee in turn demanded that Beck turn over three-quarters ownership to use acts from the Keith circuit. Beck took the deal, and was in charge of the booking.When the theatre finally opened on March 24, 1913, with headliner Ed Wynn, it was not an instant success and lost money for months.Soon the Palace became the premiere venue of the Keith–Albee circuit. The theater owner Albee sometimes traded on the performers' desire for this goal by forcing acts to take a pay cut for the privilege. Even so, to "play the Palace" meant that an entertainer had reached the pinnacle of his vaudeville career. Performer Jack Haley wrote:

AEG Live NYC
Distance: 1.3 mi Competitive Analysis
145 W45th St/9fl
New York, NY 10036

AEG Live NY promotes events in the Metropolitan area. We run venues like the Best Buy Theater in Times Square, New Jersey's Starland Ballroom, Brooklyn's Williamsburg Park, Philly's Mann Center and Troc and many more.

AEG Live NYC
Distance: 1.3 mi Competitive Analysis
145 W45th St/9fl
New York, NY 10036

AEG Live NY promotes events in the Metropolitan area. We run venues like the Best Buy Theater in Times Square, New Jersey's Starland Ballroom, Brooklyn's Williamsburg Park, Philly's Mann Center and Troc and many more.

Saint Peter's Church
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
619 Lexington Ave
New York, NY 10022

(212) 935-2200

You are invited to participate fully in the spiritual life of this community, to a deepened understanding of God’s Word, and to proclaim the Good News to others. Children are especially welcome at Saint Peter’s Church. Life together in community reflects and respects the diversity of the many people who share in the vibrant life of Saint Peter’s Church. As a Reconciling in Christ parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, persons of all sexual orientations are embraced, and their relationships are affirmed and blessed.

The Triad (NYC)
Distance: 0.7 mi Competitive Analysis
158 W 72nd St
New York, NY 10023

(212) 362-2590

The world renowned Triad Theatre has hosted performances by entertainers like Slash, Joan Osborne, Lisa Loeb, Paula Cole, Susan Lucci, Buddy Miles, Ravi Coltrane, Debbie Gibson, David Crosby, George Benson, Max Weinberg, John Entwistle, Tracey Morgan, Kathie Lee Gifford, Matthew Broderick, Rachel Dratch, and Steve Gutenberg. The Triad was the original home for Off-Broadway hits like "Forever Plaid," "Forbidden Broadway," and "Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know."

Radio City Music Hall Rockettes
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
1260 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020

(212) 465-6741

New York Philharmonic @ Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Centre
Distance: 0.7 mi Competitive Analysis
10 Lincoln Center Plz
New York, NY 10023

Ukrainian Institute of America
Distance: 0.5 mi Competitive Analysis
2 E 79th St
New York, NY 10075

(212) 288-8660

The Ukrainian Institute of America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the arts, music and literature of Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora. The Institute hosts art exhibits, concerts, film screenings, poetry readings, literary evenings, children's programs, lectures, symposia and educational programs, all open to the public.

SOMETHIN' Jazz Club
Distance: 1.1 mi Competitive Analysis
212 E 52nd St 3rd Fl
New York, NY 10022

(212) 371-7657

 ■   Happy Hour   Mon-Fri 5:00pm-6:45pm 1/2 price all drinks  ■  $10 cover or more paid and may stay longer without additional cover. Two to four sets every night. Basic fee (inc. instruments & equipments rental fee) $30/1hour - We are proud of our 1868 Steinway grand piano which get tuned every week. Additionally, the stage is equipped with a Gretsch drum set, an Ampeg Micro-VR bass amp 16 track PA system, and the following equipment. Reverb : :DigiTech Vocal 300 Vocal Multi-Effects Processor Sound mixer : Mackie 1642-VLZ3 16ch Main speakers : Yorkville YX15, Floor Monitors : Yorkville YX12M Shure PG58 Microphon 3, Music stand 4

NY Empire State Tattoo Expo
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
1335 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019

(646) 595-8321

Inked Magazine Presents the NY EMPIRE STATE TATTOO EXPO For the First Time, the Greatest Artists Together in One Place. Now is Your Chance to Get Tattooed by Some of the Greatest Living Tattoo Artists of All Time Check Back Soon For Daily Updates. ONLY at the NY EMPIRE STATE TATTOO EXPO www.empirestatetattooexpo.com

Carnegie Weill Recital Hall
Distance: 0.7 mi Competitive Analysis
154 West 57th street, NYC
New York, NY 10019

The Actors' Temple
Distance: 1.3 mi Competitive Analysis
339 W 47th St
New York, NY 10036-2402

(212) 582-1490

The Actors' Temple, officially named Congregation Ezrath Israel, is a synagogue founded in 1917 in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Located at 339 West 47th Street since 1923, the temple was originally dubbed "The West Side Hebrew Relief Association", and it was the synagogue of choice for the entertainment industry. Many vaudeville, musical theater, television, and nightclub performers attended services there, including Sophie Tucker, Shelley Winters, Milton Berle, Al Jolson, Jack Benny, Joe E. Lewis, Edward G. Robinson, as well as several of the Three Stooges.The temple declined after World War II as actors moved to California and the neighborhood changed, going from 300 members to approximately 30 in 2009. In 2005, in order to bring in additional income, the temple started renting out dance rehearsal space to New Dance Group as well as temporarily transforming into a theatre for plays. However, even with this additional income, the $120,000 annual operating costs used up the $2 million endowment by 2009. Despite these challenges, the temple continues to operate. In fact, the temple had a large fund raising program in 2011. In addition the congregation has grown to 120 dues paying members.

Terminal Five
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
610 W 56th St
New York, NY 10019

(212) 582-6600

Local Business Near Rumsey Playfield - Central Park

SELF Workout in the Park @ Central Park
Distance: 0.0 mi Competitive Analysis
Rumsey Playfield, Central Park at 72nd St
New York, NY 10021

FOX Super Bowl Super Saturday Party
Distance: 0.0 mi Competitive Analysis
69th Street and 5th Ave
New York, NY 10022

(212) 360-2777

Central Park Summer Stage
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
East 72 St
New York, NY 10007

Naumburg Bandshell
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
72nd St
New York, NY 10065

(718) 340-3018

Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
65th St
New York, NY 10065

Emerald MidnighT Run
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
Central Park
New York, NY 10023

Central Park
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
59th St to 110th St (5th Ave to Central Park West)
New York, NY 10029

(212) 310-6600

Central Park Location
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
5 Av To Central Park the mall
New York, NY 10024

+1 212-310-

Central Park Bandshell
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
The Mall, Central Park
New York, NY

Central Park, Manhattan, New York
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
2401 Wood Ave
New York, NY 10036

Central Park, New York, NYC
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
472 Central Park W
New York, NY 10025-3317

Bethesda Arcade, Central Park
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
Mid-Park at 72nd Street
New York, NY 10023

Bethesda Terrace, Central Park
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
Mid-Park at 72nd St
New York, NY 10023

(212) 310-6600

Bethesda Fountain
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
Central Park
New York, NY 10024

Spinelli Henry M
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
875 5th Ave
New York, NY 10065-4952

(212) 570-6235

Central Park on 72nd East and 5 Ave
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
109 E 9th St
New York, NY 10065

Matthes Roland
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
1 E 70th St
New York, NY 10021-4981

(212) 288-0700

FIFTH AVENUE, New York
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
FIFTH AVENUE, 5th Ave
New York, NY 10021

Quest Diagnostics
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
133 E 73rd St
New York, NY 10021-3556

(212) 472-5129