What is Broadway?
[[File:Broadway Crowds (5896264776) crop.jpg|thumb|Broadway in 2011]] {{Commons category}} {{for|the town in the U.S. state of Virginia|Broadway, Virginia}} '''Broadway''' is a {{convert|20.6|mi|adj=on}}-long main [[street]] in [[New York City]]. It is different from other streets in that it runs diagonally across the [[Grid plan|street grid]] of [[Manhattan]], [[diagonal]]ly crossing newer streets. The street also goes through [[the Bronx]]. It continues north as [[U.S. Route 9]] to [[Albany, New York|Albany]], the capital of [[New York (state)|New York]] State. [[Times Square]], where Broadway meets 7th Avenue and 42nd Street, is a center of [[entertainment]] and is famous for its many [[Broadway theatre]]s and [[Play (theatre)|stage plays]]. One of the [[New York City Subway]] lines, the [[BMT Broadway Line]], runs under the street in Manhattan, south of Times Square. The [[IRT Broadway - Seventh Avenue Line]] runs under Broadway, north of Times Square. {{Attached KML}} {{multistub|US|transport}} [[Category:Manhattan]] [[Category:Roads in New York City]] [[Category:Theater]] [[Category:The Bronx]]