Broadway is a road in New York, best known for the portion that runs through Manhattan, famous as the heart of the American theatre industry, but it actually runs 21km through Manhattan (roughly parallel to the North River) and 3.2km through the Bronx, exiting north from the city to run an additional 29km through some municipalities, and terminating north of Sleepy Hollow. It is the oldest north-south main thoroughfare in New York City, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. Its name is the English literal translation of the Dutch name, Breede weg. It once was a two-way street for its entire length, but now it runs one-way southbound south of Columbus Circle (59th Street).
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