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 between Lawrence and Lynbrook.
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Broadway begins at Harris Street, at the Queens-Nassau County border in Lawrence, as a continuation of Empire Avenue. Continuing towards the east, it soon intersects Doughty Boulevard (CR 75), and then the Nassau Expressway (NY 878) immediately afterwards. 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.
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).
Broadway is classified as a minor arterial highway by the New York State Department of Transportation and is eligible for federal aid.
Historically, Broadway was the primary northâÂÂsouth thoroughfare through the Five Towns and, more broadly, between the Rockaways and Lynbrook. As the area's population and vehicular traffic grew following World War II, a need for an improved roadway â 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 â became apparent. 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 â but eventually also to and from points further north, with that highway being extended to Hempstead village later in the decade. The segment of Peninsula Boulevard bypassing Broadway â between Ocean Avenue in Lynbrook and the intersection of Bay Boulevard and Rockaway Turnpike at the CederhurstâÂÂInwood border â opened to traffic in 1954.
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. 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.
As of September 2025, two Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) bus routes travel along portions of Broadway: the n31 and n32. 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.