Broadway (Manhattan to Westchester)

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road street thoroughfare

Broadway (Manhattan to Westchester) is a major historic thoroughfare running north from Manhattan through the Bronx into Westchester County, serving as a key commercial and transportation artery for the region.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Broadway in Manhattan	4
Broadway (Manhattan and Bronx)	1
Broadway (Manhattan to Westchester) canonical	1
Broadway (New York City)	1
Broadway (New York City–Albany corridor)	1
Broadway (U.S. Route 9 in Westchester County)	1
Broadway runs roughly east–west	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4023185 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Broadway (Manhattan to Westchester)
Context triple: [Yonkers (continuation as South Broadway), partOf, Broadway (Manhattan to Westchester)]

A. Broadway (Troy, New York)
Broadway in Troy, New York is a historically significant downtown street known for its 19th-century commercial architecture and role as a central thoroughfare in the city's historic core.
B. Broadway (Kingston, New York)
Broadway (Kingston, New York) is a principal thoroughfare in Kingston that runs through its historic waterfront area, linking the Rondout district with the city’s uptown neighborhoods and serving as a key commercial and cultural corridor.
C. Broadway Theatre District
The Broadway Theatre District is New York City's famed hub of live theater and musicals, centered around Times Square and known as the pinnacle of American commercial stage performance.
D. Staten Island–Manhattan corridor
The Staten Island–Manhattan corridor is a key travel and commuting route linking Staten Island with Manhattan across New York Harbor.
E. Broadway (Chelsea)
Broadway (Chelsea) is a major thoroughfare and commercial corridor in Chelsea, Massachusetts, serving as a key route for public transit and local businesses.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Broadway (Manhattan to Westchester)
Target entity description: Broadway (Manhattan to Westchester) is a major historic thoroughfare running north from Manhattan through the Bronx into Westchester County, serving as a key commercial and transportation artery for the region.

A. Broadway (Troy, New York)
Broadway in Troy, New York is a historically significant downtown street known for its 19th-century commercial architecture and role as a central thoroughfare in the city's historic core.
B. Broadway (Kingston, New York)
Broadway (Kingston, New York) is a principal thoroughfare in Kingston that runs through its historic waterfront area, linking the Rondout district with the city’s uptown neighborhoods and serving as a key commercial and cultural corridor.
C. Broadway Theatre District
The Broadway Theatre District is New York City's famed hub of live theater and musicals, centered around Times Square and known as the pinnacle of American commercial stage performance.
D. Staten Island–Manhattan corridor
The Staten Island–Manhattan corridor is a key travel and commuting route linking Staten Island with Manhattan across New York Harbor.
E. Broadway (Chelsea)
Broadway (Chelsea) is a major thoroughfare and commercial corridor in Chelsea, Massachusetts, serving as a key route for public transit and local businesses.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	road ⓘ street ⓘ thoroughfare ⓘ
connectedTo	Broadway Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crosses	Harlem River ⓘ
direction	north–south ⓘ
followsRoute	U.S. Route 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBorough	Manhattan ⓘ The Bronx ⓘ
hasCounty	Bronx County ⓘ New York County ⓘ Westchester County ⓘ linked to: Westchester County, New York
hasFeature	sidewalks ⓘ signalized intersections ⓘ street-level retail ⓘ
hasLanes	multiple traffic lanes in many segments ⓘ
historic	true ⓘ
historicalOrigin	colonial-era road alignment in northern Manhattan and Westchester ⓘ
knownFor	continuous commercial corridors ⓘ mixed residential and retail development ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ The Bronx ⓘ Westchester County, New York ⓘ
parallels	Hudson River ⓘ
partOf	Broadway (New York City street) ⓘ linked to: Broadway (Manhattan street)
passesThrough	Dobbs Ferry, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Hastings-on-Hudson, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Inwood, Manhattan ⓘ linked to: Inwood Irvington, New York ⓘ Kingsbridge, The Bronx ⓘ linked to: Kingsbridge, Bronx Marble Hill, Manhattan (borough exclave) ⓘ linked to: Marble Hill Riverdale, The Bronx ⓘ linked to: Riverdale, Bronx Sleepy Hollow, New York ⓘ Tarrytown, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Yonkers, New York ⓘ
publicTransitServedBy	Bee-Line Bus System ⓘ IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (1 train in Upper Manhattan and The Bronx) ⓘ linked to: IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (1, 2, 3 trains on portions) IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (1, 2, 3 trains on portions) ⓘ MTA Regional Bus Operations ⓘ linked to: MTA New York City Bus New York City Subway ⓘ
regionServed	New York metropolitan area ⓘ
roadType	state highway segment (via US 9 designation) ⓘ urban arterial ⓘ
terminusFrom	Lower Manhattan ⓘ
usedAs	commercial artery ⓘ transportation artery ⓘ

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