Braddock Hotel is a hotel in Harlem, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “hotel in New York City, New York, United States”. It stands about 0.3 km from the centre of Harlem.[3]
Overview
Braddock Hotel was a hotel at the corner of 126th Street and 8th Avenue in New York City, near the Apollo Theater. The hotel bar was popular with black jazz musicians, and Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington performed here. Before he joined the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X (then known as Malcolm Little) often spent time at the hotel's bar.
From “Braddock Hotel” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.3 km from the centre of Harlem. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is LaGuardia Airport (LGA), about 7 km from the centre of Harlem.[4]
It is one of 5 hotels in and around Harlem recorded in Wikidata, 3 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] See Hotels in Harlem.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- Aloft Harlem — 0.2 km
- La Sienna — 0.3 km
See also
References
- ^ Braddock Hotel (Q16255373). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Braddock Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2025-04-17.
- ^ Harlem (Q189074). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Harlem. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.