By Joseph Morales

   When we think of a transit hub in New York City, we generally think of thriving commercial and cultural centers with a plethora of small businesses, department stores, street vendors and occasionally even street performers. One of the city’s most famous transit hubs is Times Square in Midtown Manhattan, which in addition to being a hub for subways and buses is also known as the crossroads of the world.  Downtown Jamaica in Queens and The Hub in The Bronx are some notable examples of such hubs in the outer boroughs. 

                One of the city’s largest hubs and the largest transit hubs in Brooklyn, Broadway Junction is located at the crossroads of Eastern Brooklyn, bordering six diverse and vibrant neighborhoods. These neighborhoods include Brownsville, Bushwick, East New York, Cypress Hills, Ocean Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant(Bed-Stuy). Broadway Junction is served by five subway lines, six bus routes and the LIRR. Broadway Junction is also not that far from other major business districts. According to the NYCEDC (New York City Economic Development Corporation), Broadway Junction is a 15 minute subway ride from Downtown Brooklyn, Downtown Jamaica, or Williamsburg, 20 minutes to Lower Manhattan and 35 minutes to Midtown Manhattan or JFK Airport. It is also in the vicinity of the East New York Industrial Business Zone which hosts over 100 industrial businesses, making it one of the largest industrial business hubs in the city.  The local bus routes also connect Broadway Junction with other parts of Brooklyn.

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