Broadway Junction (Brooklyn)

Broadway Junction is a multi-use neighborhood in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, defined by Broadway to the north, Atlantic Avenue to the south, Rockaway Avenue to the west, and Van Sinderen Avenue to the east.^[1]

Broadway Junction was originally known as Jamaica Pass, a name that became famous in 1776 as the route the British Army marched from southern Kings County to attack Brooklyn during the Battle of Long Island.^[1][2]

The name refers to the junction of two Long Island Railroad lines, the Canarsie, Jamaica, and Fulton Street subway lines at what is now Broadway Junction (New York City Subway). Atlantic Avenue, East New York Avenue, Broadway, Jamaica Avenue, Fulton Street and Interboro Parkway pass through the junction or terminate there. Nearby is the Cemetery of the Evergreens, and Highland Park.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Kenneth T. Jackson: The Encyclopedia of New York City: The New York Historical Society; Yale University Press; 1995. P. 141.
2. ^ Schecter, Barnet. The Battle for New York - The City at the Heart of the American Revolution. Walker & Company. New York. 2002. ISBN 0-8027-1374-2