Audubon Ballroom

40°50′21″N 73°56′26″W / 40.83917°N 73.94056°W / 40.83917; -73.94056

The former Audubon Ballroom: In the foreground is the Shabazz Center, in the background, rising above the original building, is Columbia University Medical Center's Mary Woodard Lasker Biomedical Research Building, the location of the Audubon Business and Technology Center.

The Audubon Theatre and Ballroom, generally referred to as the Audubon Ballroom, was a theatre and ballroom located at 3940 Broadway at West 165th Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1912 and was designed by Thomas W. Lamb. The theatre was known at various times as the William Fox Audubon Theatre, the Beverly Hills Theater, and the San Juan Theater. The ballroom is noted for being the site of the assassination of Malcolm X on February 21, 1965. It is currently the Audubon Business and Technology Center, which is part of Columbia University's Audubon Research Park.[1]

  1. ^ Sussell, Abbey (May 2, 2017). "Lessons from Audubon Ballroom | Columbia Public Health". www.publichealth.columbia.edu. Retrieved August 26, 2021.