Star Junction is an 8-block neighborhood in Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars located in the heart of Algonquin, Liberty City.
Description[]
Star Junction from above.
Star Junction is bordered by Middle Park to the north by Nickel Street and The Triangle to the south by Jade Street. The Meat Quarter, Westminster and Purgatory are on its western borders by Frankfort Avenue, while Hatton Gardens, Lancet and Easton sit on its eastern borders by Columbus Avenue. Along with the Middle Park, and The Triangle it is one of the well known neighborhoods in Algonquin and Liberty City. It is also one of the few places where buses always spawn (where they are parked).
South view at night.
The entire district is designed with the commercial intersection at the center that features a diagonally placed road, Burlesque, that runs from the northwest at Manganese Street to the southeast at Gamet Street neighboring Triangle, cutting across Denver-Exeter Avenue and Kunzite Street and making up one of Algonquin's main attractions. While seemingly depicted as one, the cityscape is in fact located in both Star Junction and neighboring Triangle, which takes up the southern end of the area.
Influence[]
Star Junction is intended to represent Times Square[1] located in Manhattan, United States. While most districts in Liberty City are generally not strictly adherent to the design of their real-life inspiration, the design of Star Junction seems more accurate to that of Times Square.
Events of Grand Theft Auto IV[]
- In I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots, and Your Motorcycle, a motorcycle chase breaks out between Niko Bellic and Frank Garone in Star Junction. Incidentally, a car that caught fire on Lorimar Street, outside the Cooper Jackson Building and the MeTV Building, explodes in the vicinity of the bikers.
Prominent Appearances in Missions[]
Grand Theft Auto IV[]
Main Missions[]
Side Missions[]
The Ballad of Gay Tony[]
Collectibles[]
Grand Theft Auto IV[]
Items & Weapons[]
- Body Armor on the terrace of the penthouse of the Majestic Hotel and behind a building located on the southeast corner of Frankfort Avenue and Lorimar Street.
- Grenade on an alleyway stemming from Kunzite Street next to The Celtica Hotel, Star Junction.
- First aid kit on top of the fountain within the Columbus Center.
- Micro SMG on the courtyard of The Emissary, Star Junction.
Flying Rats[]
- On a tree at the Columbus Center.
- On an electric box outside the MeTV Building.
- On a railing at the MeTV Building.
- On a tree outside the Bawsaq Building.
Places of Interest[]
The Majestic Hotel.
The MeTV Building.
- Banner Hotel & Spa, Star Junction
- Bawsaq Building, head office of BAWSAQ
- Columbus Avenue-Jade Street Building
- Columbus Center, an office building complex complete with a music venue
- Cooper Jackson Building
- Denver-Exeter Avenue-Lorimar Street Building
- Hotel ÜberBrücker
- Liberteen, a kids' theater
- Liberty City Services Recruiting Center
- Lorimar Street Statue
- The Magic Curtain
- Majestic Hotel, a luxury hotel facing Middle Park
- MeTV Building, head office of MeTV
- Seagull Theater
- Star Junction Hum, a sound installation
- The Celtica Hotel, Star Junction
- The Emissary, Star Junction
- The Star Plaza Hotel
Businesses[]
- 24/7
- Alphabetz
- Bank of Liberty
- BAWSAQ
- Bean Machine
- Brawls
- Burger Shot
- Candy Box
- The Celtica Hotel
- Checkout!
- City Copy & Print
- Curbcrawler Skateboards
- De Koch Diamonds
- Detritus
- Didier Sachs
- The Emissary
- Escapism Travel
- The Flaming Fez
- Fleeca
- Gaulle
- The Haitian Kitchen
- The Libertine Hotel
- Liberty Cameras
- Liberty Sports Network
- Max Renda
- MeTV
- Ned's Drugs
- Out of Towners
- Pill-Pharm
- Pirate Music
- Pizza
- Pump Gymnasiums
- Rimmers
- The Beat 102.7
- Split Sides
- Viendemorte
- XXX Videos & DVDs XXX
Transportation[]
Public transportation[]
Star Junction is served by the Algonquin Inner Line of the Liberty City Subway which passes by Frankfort Avenue Station.
Gallery[]
References[]
See Also[]
- Bedford Point, a similarly designed district in the preceding rendition of Liberty City.