Broadway (Five Towns, New York)
Broadway | |
|---|---|
| Nassau County Route C22 | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by NCDPW | |
| Length | 5.2 mi[1] (8.4 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Harris Street at the Queens–Nassau County border in Lawrence |
| NY 878 (Nassau Expressway) in Lawrence Rockaway Turnpike (CR 257) / Meadow Lane (CR D51) in Lawrence Woodmere Boulevard (CR E68) at the Woodmere–Woodsburgh border West Broadway (CR E51) in Hewlett East Rockaway Road (CR C64) in Hewlett NY 27 (Sunrise Highway) in Lynbrook | |
| North end | Merrick Road (CR 27) in Lynbrook |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Nassau |
| Highway system | |
Broadway (also known as CR C22 and formerly as CR 54) is a major county highway serving the Five Towns region of the Town of Hempstead, in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States, running for a total of 5.2 miles (8.4 km) between Lawrence and Lynbrook.
The road, in its entirety, is owned by Nassau County and maintained by the Nassau County Department of Public Works as one of two discontinuous segments of the unsigned Nassau County Route C22 – the other being Broadway in Bethpage.[2][3][4]
Route description
Broadway begins at Harris Street, at the Queens-Nassau County border in Lawrence, as a continuation of Empire Avenue.[2][3][4][5] Continuing towards the east, it soon intersects Doughty Boulevard (CR 75), and then the Nassau Expressway (NY 878) immediately afterwards.[2][3][4] It then continues towards the east, eventually intersecting Lawrence Avenue, thence turning towards the northeast until intersecting Rockaway Turnpike (CR 257) and Meadow Lane (CR D51). It then continues on a more easterly path, eventually turning again towards the northeast briefly before turning back towards the east as it enters Woodsburgh. Soon thereafter, Broadway intersects Woodmere Boulevard (CR E68), and then enters Woodmere.[4]
Shortly after entering Woodmere, the road turns northeast again and soon intersects West Broadway (CR E51). It then continues northeast, soon entering Hewlett and intersecting East Rockaway Road (CR C64). It soon thereafter intersects Rockaway Avenue (CR E06), thence entering Lynbrook. Soon thereafter, it intersects Scranton Avenue (CR E18) before reaching Sunrise Highway (NY 27). It then crosses underneath the Long Island Rail Road, and soon thereafter terminates at Merrick Road (CR 27).[2][3][4]
Broadway is classified as a minor arterial highway by the New York State Department of Transportation and is eligible for federal aid.[4][5]
History
Historically, Broadway was the primary north–south thoroughfare through the Five Towns and, more broadly, between the Rockaways and Lynbrook.[6][7][8][9] As the area's population and vehicular traffic grew following World War II, a need for an improved roadway – one that could better accommodate traffic and serve as the area's primary through road, as well as to provide better connections with the rest of Nassau County – became apparent.[6][8][10] This prompted Nassau County to reconstruct Peninsula Boulevard (CR 2) slightly west and north of Broadway as a high-capacity arterial roadway, providing a bypass of Broadway and providing a direct link not only between the Rockaways, the Five Towns, and Lynbrook – but eventually also to and from points further north, with that highway being extended to Hempstead village later in the decade.[6][7][8][10] The segment of Peninsula Boulevard bypassing Broadway – between Ocean Avenue in Lynbrook and the intersection of Bay Boulevard and Rockaway Turnpike at the Cederhurst–Inwood border – opened to traffic in 1954.[6][7][8]
Route number
Beginning in 1959, when the Nassau County Department of Public Works created a numbered highway system as part of their "Master Plan" for the county highway system, Broadway was originally designated as County Route 54.[11][12][13] This route, along with all of the other county routes in Nassau County, became unsigned in the 1970s, when Nassau County officials opted to remove the signs as opposed to allocating the funds for replacing them with new ones that met the latest federal design standards and requirements stated in the federal government's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.[14][15]
Major intersections
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence, Nassau County–Queens line | 0.00 | 0.00 | Harris Street | Western terminus of CR C22 designation and Nassau County ownership; Broadway continues west into Queens. | |
| Lawrence, Nassau County | 0.08 | 0.13 | NY 878 (Nassau Expressway) | At-grade intersection. | |
| 0.22 | 0.35 | Lord Avenue | |||
| 0.52 | 0.84 | Lawrence Avenue | |||
| 0.82 | 1.32 | Weston Place | |||
| 0.93 | 1.50 | Rockaway Turnpike (CR 257) / Meadow Lane (CR D51) | |||
| Cedarhurst | 1.40 | 2.25 | Waverly Place | ||
| Cedarhurst–Woodmere line | 1.89 | 3.04 | Prospect Avenue | ||
| Woodmere | 2.02 | 3.25 | Linden Street | ||
| Woodmere–Woodsburgh line | 2.12 | 3.41 | Meadow Drive | The border between Woodmere and the Incorporated Village of Woodsburgh runs along the center of Broadway between Meadow Drive and Woodmere Boulevard. | |
| 2.37 | 3.81 | Woodmere Boulevard (CR E68) | |||
| Woodmere–Hewlett line | 2.75 | 4.43 | Johnson Place | ||
| Hewlett | 3.18 | 5.12 | Piermont Avenue | ||
| 3.21 | 5.17 | West Broadway (CR E51) | |||
| 3.44 | 5.54 | East Rockaway Road (CR C64) | |||
| 4.04 | 6.50 | Rockaway Avenue (CR E06) / Sheridan Avenue | |||
| Lynbrook | 4.70 | 7.56 | Scranton Avenue (CR E18) | ||
| 4.79 | 7.71 | Olive Place | |||
| 4.90 | 7.89 | Union Place | |||
| 5.03 | 8.10 | NY 27 (Sunrise Highway) | At-grade intersection. | ||
| 5.10 | 8.21 | Langdon Place | |||
| 5.20 | 8.37 | Merrick Road (CR 27) | End of CR C22; merges into Hempstead Avenue (CR D09). | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Transportation
As of September 2025, two Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) bus routes travel along portions of Broadway: the n31 and n32.[16][17] The n31 travels along Broadway in Lynbrook, while the n32 also runs along it through the Hewletts and Woodmere; both buses run between Far Rockaway, Queens and the Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center in Hempstead village.[16][17]
See also
- List of county routes in Nassau County, New York
- West Broadway (Five Towns, New York)
- Peninsula Boulevard
References
- ^ a b "CR C22" (PDF). NYSDOT Local Highway Inventory. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ a b c d New York State Department of Transportation (2021). "County Roads Listing: Nassau County" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "My Roads". Nassau County, NY. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "New York State Roadway Inventory System Viewer". gis.dot.ny.gov. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
- ^ a b "New York State Department of Transportation Functional Class Viewer". gis.dot.ny.gov. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
- ^ a b c d "PENINSULA LINK OPENED; Boulevard Section Is Between Lynbrook and Inwood". The New York Times. July 15, 1954. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Nassau Widens Peninsula Boulevard to South Shore". The New York Times. July 12, 1958. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Boulevard Extension Approved". Newsday. April 27, 1954. p. 29.
- ^ "OPINION; High in the Saddle, High on Life". The New York Times. July 22, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
- ^ a b "Branch Danger Spot Scored by Village". Newsday. June 6, 1950. p. 23 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Sea Cliff quadrangle, New York - Map Collections". Brooklyn Public Library. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
- ^ Nassau County Department of Public Works (1959). "Master Plan for Nassau County". Nassau County Department of Public Works.
- ^ "Lynbrook quadrangle, New York - Map Collections". Brooklyn Public Library. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
- ^ "Nassau-Suffolk County Road History". January 3, 2009. Archived from the original on January 3, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ Anderson, Steve. "County Roads on Long Island". NYCRoads. Archived from the original on January 3, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2008.
- ^ a b "Long Island Zoning Atlas". Long Island Index Maps. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
- ^ a b "Nassau Inter-County Express - Maps and Schedules". nicebus.com. Retrieved July 28, 2025.