Star Junction
Star Junction is a district in the borough of Algonquin in Liberty City. It appears in Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. Its real-life archetype is Times Square, NYC. Star Junction is bordered by Middle Park to the north and The Triangle to the south. The Meat Quarter, Westminster and Purgatory are on its western borders, while Hatton Gardens, Lancet and Easton sit on its eastern borders. There are also several theatres such as Split Sides which show different performances. The Star Junction Intersection is made up of Burlesque, Denver-Exeter Avenue and Kunzite Street, making up one of Algonquin's main attractions.
Places of interest
- There is an accessible building with a helicopter on the top (spawns randomly). The building is adorned with a MeTV sign, and has a window cleaner lift on the north side to get to the roof. One of the 200 flying rats can also be found there.
- A famous LCPD sub-station is located right in the middle of Star Junction.
- BAWSAQ main office on Kunzite Street.
- Liberty City's comedy club, Split Sides hosts comedy acts with Ricky Gervais and Katt Willams (nicknamed "The Pimp" by the introduction narrator).
Restaurants and bars
Transport
Nearby subway stations are Frankfort Station and Easton Station.
Landmarks spoofed
While most districts in Liberty City are generally not strictly adherent to the design of their real life counterpart, Star Junction's is more accurate in layout as Times Square, placing in-game renditions of Time Square's landmarks as accurately as possible.
- 1 Times Square.
- Duffy Square.
- 1605 Broadway (Crowne Plaza Hotel).
- 1585 Broadway (Morgan Stanley Building). Like its real-life counterpart, the in-game depiction features several rolling stock tickers.
- 1535 Broadway (Marriott Marquis Hotel).
- 1501 Broadway (Paramount Building) [1].
- 1568 Broadway (Doubletree Guest Suites/Embassy Suites Times Square).
- 1540 Broadway (Bertelsmann Building).
- 1500 Broadway (Times Square Studios) [2].
- 1 Astor Plaza, which, in real-life, is occupied by MTV Studios on the second floor. The in-game replication of the building houses a similar establishment for MeTV, a play of MTV, as well as a spinning turntable prop on the side of the building.
- The Condé Nast Building. Its in-game rendition on Kunzite Street houses BAWSAQ's main office on the lowest floors in the same way the real-life rendition houses NASDAQ.
- 7 Times Square (Times Square Tower) [3].
- Rockefeller Center, including a play of Radio City Music Hall.
- 209 West 42nd Street (New Victory Theater), depicted in game as the Liberteen.
- 226 West 46th Street (Richard Rodgers Theatre), depicted in game as the Magic Curtain. The game rendition is longer than the real life counterpart, having five arches along its facade instead of three.
- Hearst Tower.
- The Plaza Hotel, depicted in game as "The Emissary".
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