Broadway (Queens)
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Broadway (Queens) is a major thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Queens that runs through several neighborhoods, serving as a key commercial and transit corridor.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broadway (Queens) canonical | 7 |
| Broadway–Flushing | 3 |
| Broadway (Astoria) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6538961 — 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 (Queens) Context triple: [74th Street–Broadway, adjacentTo, Broadway (Queens)]
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A.
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.
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B.
Whitestone, Queens
Whitestone, Queens is a primarily residential neighborhood in northern Queens, New York City, known for its suburban feel, waterfront views along the East River, and proximity to major bridges connecting to the Bronx.
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C.
Queens (Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard)
Queens (Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard) is a major New York City Subway terminal station in Astoria, Queens, serving as the northern terminus of the BMT Astoria Line.
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D.
Broadway (Manhattan to Westchester)
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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E.
Woodhaven Boulevard–Queens Center
Woodhaven Boulevard–Queens Center is a New York City Subway station in Queens that serves the Queens Center Mall and the surrounding Rego Park area.
- 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 (Queens) Target entity description: Broadway (Queens) is a major thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Queens that runs through several neighborhoods, serving as a key commercial and transit corridor.
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A.
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.
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B.
Whitestone, Queens
Whitestone, Queens is a primarily residential neighborhood in northern Queens, New York City, known for its suburban feel, waterfront views along the East River, and proximity to major bridges connecting to the Bronx.
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C.
Queens (Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard)
Queens (Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard) is a major New York City Subway terminal station in Astoria, Queens, serving as the northern terminus of the BMT Astoria Line.
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D.
Broadway (Manhattan to Westchester)
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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E.
Woodhaven Boulevard–Queens Center
Woodhaven Boulevard–Queens Center is a New York City Subway station in Queens that serves the Queens Center Mall and the surrounding Rego Park area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road in New York City
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street ⓘ thoroughfare ⓘ |
| hasCommercialUse |
restaurants
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retail businesses ⓘ small local shops ⓘ |
| hasFeature | intersections with multiple major Queens avenues and streets ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
commercial corridor
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transit corridor ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | New York City Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| hasLandUseAlong | mixed commercial and residential ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | shares name with Broadway in Manhattan but is a separate street ⓘ |
| hasNeighborhoodAlong |
Astoria
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Elmhurst ⓘ Jackson Heights vicinity ⓘ Long Island City ⓘ Woodside ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | primarily east–west ⓘ |
| hasRole | major east–west artery in Queens ⓘ |
| hasZoningAlong |
commercial zoning
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residential zoning ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Broadway (Brooklyn)
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Broadway (Manhattan) ⓘ
linked to:
Broadway (Manhattan street)
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| isImportantFor |
local commerce in Queens
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public transit connectivity in Queens ⓘ |
| isUrban | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York (state)
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linked to:
New York
New York City ⓘ Queens ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| partOf |
New York City street network
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borough of Queens ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Astoria
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Elmhurst ⓘ Jackson Heights vicinity ⓘ Long Island City ⓘ Woodside ⓘ |
| roadType | city street ⓘ |
| servedBy |
MTA Regional Bus Operations
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linked to:
MTA New York City Bus
New York City Subway ⓘ |
| transportModeSupported |
automobile traffic
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bus traffic ⓘ pedestrian traffic ⓘ |
| usedBy |
commuters
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local residents ⓘ shoppers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Broadway (Queens) Description of subject: Broadway (Queens) is a major thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Queens that runs through several neighborhoods, serving as a key commercial and transit corridor.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Broadway (Queens)
linked to: Broadway (Queens)
linked to: Broadway (Queens)
linked to: Broadway (Queens)
Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street–Broadway transit hub
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adjacentToStreet
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Broadway (Queens)
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linked to: Broadway (Queens)