Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City, and is the oldest north-south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. The name Broadway is an English translation of the Dutch name, Breede weg. The street is famous as the pinnacle of the American theater industry. Broadway originated as an Indian trail developed carved into the Manhattan brush land called the Wickquasgeck Trail. This trail originally snaked through the swamps and rocks from southern to northern ...

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• Broadway New York City - External link

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From south to north, the IRT Lexington Avenue Line which carries the 4, 5, and 6 trains, BMT Broadway Line which carries the N, Q, R, and W trains, IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line which carries the 1, 2, and 3 trains and IND Eighth Avenue Line which carries the A, B, C, and D trains. The IRT East Side runs under Broadway from Bowling Green to City Hall. The BMT Broadway Line runs under it from City Hall to Times Square. The IRT West Side Line runs under and over Broadway from Times Square to 242nd St, the last stop on the number 1. This is interrupted between 168th st and 207th st, ...

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Broadway New York City, Broadway New York City - Public transit, Broadway New York City - External link

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