Broadway Junction (Brooklyn)
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Broadway Junction is a multi-use neighborhood in northwestern 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 colonial times as the route the British Army took to travel between southern Brooklyn and Gowanus during the Battle of Brooklyn Heights [1] .
The name refers to the junction of two Long Island Railroad lines, the Canarsie, Jamaica, and Fulton Street subway lines, Atlantic Avenue; East New York Avenue; Broadway; Jamaica Avenue; Fulton Street; and several smaller streets. Nearby is the Cemetery of the Evergreens, and Highland park [1].
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Kenneth T. Jackson: The Encyclopedia of New York City: The New York Historical Society; Yale University Press; 1995. P. 141.
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