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Columbus Avenue is an avenue in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, located in Algonquin, Liberty City.

Description

The avenue starts in the north at an intersection with Uranium Street in East Holland, and runs directly south, passing through the areas of Middle Park, Star Junction, The Triangle, Lower Easton, Chinatown and coming to an end at an intersection with South Parkway running along the edge of The Exchange and Castle Gardens.

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Columbus Center.

Along the road are various landmarks, buildings and features, including the Columbus Center and Columbus Cathedral, the GetaLife Building, Grand Easton Terminal, Zirconium Building, The Triangle, The Libertonian, Live Central Music Venue, Middle Park and Yusuf Amir's penthouse.

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Construction work between Iron Street and Jade Street.

At the northern end of the road, a quick slope descends the road into the area of Middle Park at Topaz Street. Along the side of the road are trees bordering the park. The road is home to many luxury apartments and stores along the longitude of this neighborhood. After passing through the eastern fringe of Star Junction, where the bright lights of Burlesque and Denver-Exeter Avenue become visible, construction work between Jade Street and Iron Street essentially divides the road in two. From the north, traffic is diverted east along Jade Street, while at the south end, traffic is diverted west along Iron Street. In the under-construction portion is an operational newsagent, and the United Liberty Paper offices. A particular junction, Garnet Street, is very prone to traffic congestion due to the adjacent Burlesque intersection surrounding The Triangle Building. The short span between the two intersections causes congestion across Garnet Street, particularly down to the two intersections' traffic light systems being out of sync. The avenue quickly passes by Suffolk and Little Italy evidenced by the presence of small restaurants on the west side, before essentially being divided between Chinatown and City Hall; the Algonquin Municipal Building on the west dominates the City Hall skyline, while Chinatown's traditional restaurants on the east make for a colorful, contrasting backdrop. The avenue makes its final stop in The Exchange, home to some of the city's tallest office buildings. Castle Gardens is in plain view from this point looking south with the height of the road quickly descending down to South Parkway after Amethyst Street.

The entire street is a 4-lane road flowing in both directions and connects to 23 streets - almost all horizontal streets of the Algonquin alphabetical system, namely A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T and U, falling short of V, W and X.

Columbus Avenue is the longest continuously straight road in Liberty City, however Bismarck Avenue would be longer when combining its stretch. The construction works between Iron and Jade Street, however, does make the road harder to travel in one run.

It is likely based on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, given where it passes through, particularly in the Middle Park area of Algonquin, which appears to be based on Fifth Avenue's notable Central Park stretch.

Intersections

Location Type Road Direction Image(s)
The Exchange road begin South Parkway e/b toward Union Drive East
w/b toward Denver Avenue & Union Drive West
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road crossing Amethyst Street e/b toward Albany Avenue
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road crossing Barium Street w/b toward Denver Avenue
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Chinatown road crossing Calcium Street e/b toward Borlock Road
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road crossing Diamond Street w/b toward Liberty Lane
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road crossing Emerald Street e/b toward Privateer Road
w/b towards Union Drive West
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Lower Easton road crossing Feldspar Street w/b toward Union Drive West
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road crossing Garnet Street e/b toward Union Drive East
w/b toward Castle Drive & Union Drive West
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The Triangle road crossing Hematite Street e/b toward Albany Avenue & Leaper's Bridge
w/b toward Union Drive West.
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road crossing Iron Street w/b toward Union Drive West.
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road crossing Jade Street e/b toward Albany Avenue. Terminates and continues at Hematite Street.
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Star Junction road crossing Kunzite Street e/b toward Algonquin - Dukes Expressway, Dukes Boulevard & Munsee Avenue
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road crossing Lorimar Street w/b toward Galveston Avenue & West Way
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road crossing Manganese Street e/b toward Albany Avenue & Union Drive East
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Middle Park road crossing Nickel Street w/b toward Union Drive West
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road crossing Obsidian Street e/b toward Union Drive East
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road crossing Pyrite Street w/b toward Columbus Avenue
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road crossing Quartz Street e/b toward Albany Avenue
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road crossing Ruby Street e/b toward East Borough Bridge & Union Drive East
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road crossing Silicon Street e/b toward Union Drive East
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road crossing Topaz Street e/b toward Albany Avenue, San Juan Road & Union Drive East
w/b toward Hickey Bridge & Union Drive West
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East Holland road end Uranium Street e/b toward Bismarck Avenue
w/b toward Galveston Avenue
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Events of Grand Theft Auto IV

During Three Leaf Clover, LCPD lock down the street and its surrounding areas when Niko, Packie and Derrick raid the Bank of Liberty branch in Chinatown. When one of the bank clerks activates the alarms, LCPD respond and surround the bank. Police Stockades are used to block the road and NOOSE Cruisers are used in surrounding alleyways.

The Ballad of Gay Tony's introductory crossover commences with Luis being one of the hostages in the bank. After being let go, Luis walks free from the crime scene and walks down Columbus Avenue as his daily life resumes.

Prominent Appearances in Missions

Grand Theft Auto IV

Side Missions

The Ballad of Gay Tony

  • Luis walks along the avenue during the GTA IV-crossover events of Three Leaf Clover during the game's introduction. Interestingly, traffic appears to be flowing as normal during this scene, while the entire area is shut down during the mission in GTA IV.

Landmarks

Notable Businesses

Gallery

Trivia

  • Like other avenues of Algonquin, Columbus Avenue is named after a state capital of the United States, specifically Columbus, Ohio.
  • The Ruby Street intersection has pedestrian crossings misplaced, as if the intersection was a 2-lane wide road.

Navigation

Navigation
[ ve ]Streets in Grand Theft Auto IV
Liberty City
Algonquin
AvenuesAlbany Avenue | Bismarck Avenue | Columbus Avenue | Denver Avenue | Denver-Exeter Avenue | Exeter Avenue | Frankfort Avenue | Galveston Avenue
StreetsAmethyst Street | Barium Street | Boleyn Street | Calcium Street | Diamond Street | Emerald Street | Feldspar Street | Garnet Street | Hematite Street | Iron Street | Jade Street | Kunzite Street | Lorimar Street | Manganese Street | Nickel Street | Obsidian Street | Pyrite Street | Quartz Street | Ruby Street | Silicon Street | Topaz Street | Uranium Street | Vauxite Street | Wardite Street | Xenotime Street
LanesAmsterdam Lane | Bridge Lane Southā€  | Bridge Lane Northā€  | Bus Lane | Cavity Lane | Liberty Lane
WaysSouth Parkway | Walnut Way | West Way | Wong Way
RoadsBorlock Road | Grummer Road | Privateer Road | San Juan Road
DrivesCastle Drive | Ivy Drive North | Ivy Drive South | Union Drive East | Union Drive West
OtherAlgonquin Bridge | Astoria | Back Passage | Brown Place | Burlesque | Castle Tunnelā€  | Cod Row | Ersatz Row | Flatfish Placeā€  | Hell Gate | Hickey Bridgeā€  | Luddite Rowā€  | Vespucci Circus
Broker & Dukes
AvenuesAsparagus Avenue | Brandon Avenue | Bunker Hill Avenue | Camden Avenue | Cayuga Avenue | Charleston Avenue | Cleves Avenue | Clinton Avenue | Cokanuk Avenue | Concord Avenue | Conoy Avenue | Crockett Avenue | Delaware Avenue | Erie Avenue | Freetown Avenue | Inchon Avenue | Iroquois Avenue | Mohanet Avenue | Mohawk Avenue | Mohegan Avenue | Montauk Avenue | Munsee Avenue | Oneida Avenue | Onondaga Avenue | San Jacinto Avenue | Saponi Avenue | Saratoga Avenue | Savannah Avenue | Seneca Avenue | Seymour Avenue | Shinnecock Avenue | Stillwater Avenue | Tinconderoga Avenue | Trenton Avenue | Tuscarora Avenue | Tutelo Avenue | Valley Forge Avenue | Wappinger Avenue | Wenrohronon Avenue | Yorktown Avenue
StreetsAragon Street | Bart Street | Boone Street | Brunner Street | Carrollton Street | Carson Street | Cassidy Street | Chicory Street | Chive Street | Cisco Street | Claiborne Street | Cody Streetā€  | Creek Street | Deadwood Street | Dillon Street | Earp Street | Ellery Street | Franklin Street | Garrett Street | Gibson Street | Hancock Street | Hardin Street | Harrison Street | Hewes Street | Hickcock Street | Hooper Street | Howard Street | Huntington Street | James Streetā€  | Ketchum Street | Kid Street | Livingston Street | Lynch Street | Masterson Street | Morris Street | Oakley Street | Onion Street | Pancho Street | Parr Street | Ringo Street | Starr Street | Stone Street | Sundance Street | Thornton Street | Tudor Street | Tulsa Street
OtherAlgonquin Bridge | Algonquin - Dukes Expressway | Broker - Dukes Expressway | Dukes Drive | Dukes Boulevard | Middleton Lane | Walton Lane
Bohan
AvenuesAlcatraz Avenue | Altona Avenue | Attica Avenue | Beaumont Avenue | Coxsack Avenue | Greene Avenue | Guantanamo Avenue | Leavenworth Avenue | Lompoc Avenue | Rykers Avenue | San Quentin Avenue | Sing Sing Avenue | Valdez Avenue | Wallkill Avenue
StreetsApplejack Street | Bronco Street | Butterfly Street | Caterpillar Street | Darkhammer Street | Drill Street | Drop Street | Elbow Street | Flanger Street | Gainer Street | Hollowback Street | Jackhammer Street | Joliet Street | Lotus Street | Mill Street | Planche Street | Rocket Street | Spin Street | Switch Street | Turtle Street | Uprock Street | Windmill Street | Worm Street
OtherDownrock Loop | Folsom Way | Grand Boulevard | Northern Expressway
Alderneyā€ 
AvenuesAnvil Avenue | Barsac Avenue | Beaverhead Avenue | Boyden Avenue | Cariboo Avenue | Catskill Avenue | Cockerell Avenue | Edison Avenue | Fulcrum Avenue | Hardtack Avenue | Hubbard Avenue | Jonestown Avenue | Julin Avenue | Keneckie Avenue | Latchkey Avenue | Lockowski Avenue | Long John Avenue | Lyndon Avenue | Mahesh Avenue | Muskteer Avenue | Odhner Avenue | Owl Creek Avenue | Plumbbob Avenue | Praetorian Avenue | Rael Avenue | Rand Avenue | Red Wing Avenue | Sacramento Avenue | Schneider Avenue | Sculpin Avenue | Sinclair Avenue | Strower Avenue | Tinderbox Avenue | Toggle Avenue | Vitullo Avenue
StreetsApplewhite Street | Argus Street | Bear Street | Bedrock Street | Bridger Street | Emery Street | Fleming Street | Franklin Street | Grenadier Street | Grommet Street | Kemeny Street | Lemhi Street | Moog Street | Mueri Street | Niblick Street | Nougat Street | Tenmile Street
RoadsAsahara Road | Berners Road | Farnsworth Road | Flathead Road | Ivy Road | *Lee Road | Mandrel Road | Manzano Road | Ortiz Road | Panhandle Road | Percell Road | Phalanx Road | Roebuck Road | Storax Road | Traeger Road | Trinity Road
DrivesAspdin Drive | Babbage Drive | Big Horn Drive
OtherBowline | Drebbel | Hickey Bridge | Koresh Square | Myung | Plumbers Skyway
ā€  denotes absent in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Category:Streets | Category:Streets in GTA IV | Category:Streets in GTA Chinatown Wars
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