Broadway, New York Ceety
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Broadway (Inglis pronunciation: /ˈbɹɔdweɪ/) is a street in the U.S. state o New York. Aiblins best kent for the portion that runs through the borough o Manhattan in New York Ceety, it actually runs 15 mi (24 km) through Manhattan an The Bronx, exitin north frae the ceety tae run an addeetional 18 mi (29 km) through the municipalities o Yonkers, Hastings-On-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, Tarrytown an terminatin north o Sleepy Hollow in Westchester Coonty.[1]
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A typical daytime scene on Broadway | |
Location | New York, Bronx, an Westchester |
Sooth end | Battery Place, Lawer Manhattan, in New York Ceety |
Major junctions | NY 495 in Manhattan I-95 / US 1 / US 9 in Manhattan NY 9A / Henry Hudson Pkwy. in The Bronx NY 9A in Yonkers I-87 / I-287 / Thruway / NY 119 in Tarrytown NY 448 in Sleepy Hollow |
North end | US 9 / NY 117 in Sleepy Hollow, Westchester Coonty, New York |
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It is the auldest north–sooth main thoroughfare in New York Ceety, datin tae the first New Amsterdam settlement. The name Broadway is the Inglis leeteral translation o the Dutch name, Breede weg. Broadway is kent warldwide as the heart o the American theatre industry.[2]