Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”

[KCRoadFan]

It seems to me like most major US cities (my city of Kansas City included) have a street named "Broadway" - the one in NYC, of course, being the most famous. The next 4 biggest cities - LA, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix - also have a Broadway, and it seems as though Philadelphia is the largest US city without one. (Although, I suppose that only half counts, as Philly does, of course, have Broad Street.)

That made me wonder: behind Philly, what are the next biggest cities throughout the country that DON'T have a street named Broadway? (Pretty sure DC doesn't have a Broadway, either.)

[Max Rockatansky]

The strange thing is that Broadway in Phoenix just another east/west street.  Central Avenue more or less fits the typical "Broadway" function in the city.  Philadelphia doesn't have a Broadway but "Broad Street" essentially fulfills the same role.

Locally in Fresno the Broadway here was US 99.  Broadway is also the most butchered and neutered street in the city as much of it has been sectioned up for development.

[US 89]

There's no Broadway in Atlanta. There is a Broad Street but it is a minor downtown street a few blocks long, with some of it permanently closed off for conversion into a pedestrian area.

There is a Broadway in Salt Lake City, but it's just another name for 300 South, a decidedly minor downtown street, dwarfed in historic and cultural significance by South Temple and to some degree 200 South, and in modern transportation significance by 400 South.

[GaryV]

Broadway in Detroit is a 3-block city street radiating from Grand Circus Park. (Yes, I know Detroit is no longer one of the "biggest" US cities.)

In Grand Rapids, Broadway is a mostly residential side street.

[bugo]

No Broadway in Tulsa, although there are Broadways in Coweta, Broken Arrow, Sand Springs and Inola. None of them are super important streets.

[StogieGuy7]

There is a Broadway in Salt Lake City, but it's just another name for 300 South, a decidedly minor downtown street, dwarfed in historic and cultural significance by South Temple and to some degree 200 South, and in modern transportation significance by 400 South.

From my studies of the history of Salt Lake, I think that Broadway (3rd South) was a more important street back in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s than it came to be later. Lined with office buildings, lots of shops and angled parking. Eventually, 400 South was expanded, which took away a lot of the traffic - followed by the conversion of 500 and 600 South streets to one-way thoroughfares connecting I-15 to the east side. And 300 South gradually withered away.  Worked at an older office building on that street for a time in 1987 or so. You could tell that the area was once a more important part of town.

[RobbieL2415]

Boston?

[roadman65]

It seems to me like most major US cities (my city of Kansas City included) have a street named "Broadway" - the one in NYC, of course, being the most famous. The next 4 biggest cities - LA, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix - also have a Broadway, and it seems as though Philadelphia is the largest US city without one. (Although, I suppose that only half counts, as Philly does, of course, have Broad Street.)

That made me wonder: behind Philly, what are the next biggest cities throughout the country that DON'T have a street named Broadway? (Pretty sure DC doesn't have a Broadway, either.)

Broadway and Broad Street are like apples and oranges. The former is one word that was derived by the Dutch language. The latter is a street named Broad, probably cause when the name first came out, it was applied ( most likely) to a very wide street.

[roadman65]

Orlando and Tampa don't have one to my knowledge.

Correction. Tampa has a Broadway Avenue east of Ybor.

[JayhawkCO]

Denver has one, and it's the zero point for the east/west street numbering.

[Dirt Roads]

There is no Broadway in either Raleigh or Charlotte, but there is a Broadway Drive in Greensboro. 

And of course, Asheville has its famed Broadway Street (US-25), which is the main north-south drag through the Downtown business district.  That shouldn't be a surprise, as Broadway Street works its way northward down to its namesake, the French Broad River.

[StogieGuy7]

Chicago actually does have a "Broadway", which I had forgotten about since it's not that important of a thoroughfare. It's on the North Side and merges into N. Halsted at it's south end.

[kphoger]

The next 4 biggest cities - LA, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix - also have a Broadway

Chicago actually does have a "Broadway"

Didn't read the OP?

[StogieGuy7]

The next 4 biggest cities - LA, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix - also have a Broadway

Chicago actually does have a "Broadway"

Didn't read the OP?

I guess his list was so long that I dozed off and missed that one.

[jp the roadgeek]

Boston?

Nope.  I found a couple of T stops called Broadway and there is a West and East Broadway in Dorchester. 

[kphoger]

Boston?

Nope.  I found a couple of T stops called Broadway and there is a West and East Broadway in Dorchester. 

Broadway St, Boston

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I don't believe St. Paul has a Broadway, though Minneapolis does.

MN top 10:

Minneapolis: yes
St. Paul: no
Rochester: yes
Bloomington: no
Duluth: no
Brooklyn Park: yes
Plymouth: no?
Woodbury: no?
Lakeville: no?
Blaine: no?

[kphoger]

I don't believe St. Paul has a Broadway, though Minneapolis does.

Broadway St, Saint Paul

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I don't believe St. Paul has a Broadway, though Minneapolis does.

Broadway St, Saint Paul

I don't know how people always manage to make me look like a complete moron within 20 seconds of me saying anything. I looked for that and nothing showed up.

[JayhawkCO]

I don't believe Juneau has one. But Jacksonville does.

[Flint1979]

The strange thing is that Broadway in Phoenix just another east/west street.  Central Avenue more or less fits the typical "Broadway" function in the city.  Philadelphia doesn't have a Broadway but "Broad Street" essentially fulfills the same role.

Locally in Fresno the Broadway here was US 99.  Broadway is also the most butchered and neutered street in the city as much of it has been sectioned up for development.

The Broadway Street in Phoenix was actually named for a person rather than being a main street.

[kphoger]

I don't believe Juneau has one. But Jacksonville does.

Well played!  I think Sitka also doesn't have a Broadway.

[Flint1979]

Michigan's 7 largest cities

Detroit - yes
Grand Rapids - yes
Warren - no
Sterling Heights - no
Ann Arbor - yes
Lansing - no
Dearborn - no

[kphoger]

I don't believe St. Paul has a Broadway, though Minneapolis does.

Broadway St, Saint Paul

I don't know how people always manage to make me look like a complete moron within 20 seconds of me saying anything. I looked for that and nothing showed up.

  I'm guessing you searched Google Maps for "Broadway Saint Paul MN" and then immediately hit Enter, which for me pins to Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.  I've noticed a similar issue for other street names in various locations.  It's better, in my experience, to search for "Broadway St" instead of "Broadway" (or whatever), even if you're not sure what the generic would really be, in order to cue Google in on the fact that you're looking for street names and not business names.

[1995hoo]

Brooklyn has a unique variant (according to the MTA at a stop on the GG):