Editing Broadway (Manhattan) (section)

=== 21st century ===
[[File:Broadway-1885-APL.jpeg|thumb|upright=1|In 1885, the Broadway commercial district was overrun with telephone, telegraph, and electrical lines. This view was north from Cortlandt and [[Maiden Lane (Manhattan)|Maiden Lane]].]]
[[File:Times Square, Broadway, May 2016.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The segment of Broadway in [[Times Square]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]]]]
In 2001, a one-block section of Broadway between [[72nd Street (Manhattan)|72nd Street]] and [[73rd Street (Manhattan)|73rd Street]] at [[Verdi Square]] was reconfigured. Its easternmost lanes, which formerly hosted northbound traffic, were turned into a public park when a new subway entrance for the [[72nd Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|72nd Street station]] was built in the exact location of these lanes. Northbound traffic on Broadway is now channeled onto [[Tenth Avenue (Manhattan)|Amsterdam Avenue]] to 73rd Street, makes a left turn on the three-lane 73rd Street, and then a right turn on Broadway shortly afterward.

In August 2008, two traffic lanes from 42nd to 35th Streets were taken out of service and converted to public plazas. Bike lanes were added on Broadway from [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] to [[Union Square (Manhattan)|Union Square]].<ref>{{cite news |title=City to make two Broadway lanes bikes, walkers only for seven blocks |first=Pete |last=Donohue |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/07/10/2008-07-10_city_to_make_two_broadway_lanes_bikes_wa.html |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |location=New York |date=July 10, 2008 |access-date=July 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081025133326/http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/07/10/2008-07-10_city_to_make_two_broadway_lanes_bikes_wa.html |archive-date= Oct 25, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/broadwayblvd.pdf |title=Broadway Boulevard |first1=Janette |last1=Sadik-Khan |date=May 2008 |publisher=New York City Department of Transportation |access-date=December 13, 2013 |archive-date=September 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919001733/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/broadwayblvd.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Since May 2009, the portions of Broadway through [[Duffy Square]], [[Times Square]], and [[Herald Square]] have been closed entirely to automobile traffic, except for cross traffic on the Streets and Avenues, as part of a traffic and pedestrianization experiment, with the pavement reserved exclusively for walkers, cyclists, and those lounging in temporary seating placed by the city. The city decided that the experiment was successful, and decided to make the change permanent in February 2010. Though the anticipated benefits to traffic flow were not as large as hoped, pedestrian injuries dropped dramatically and foot traffic increased in the designated areas; the project was popular with both residents and businesses.<ref>{{cite news |title=New York Traffic Experiment Gets Permanent Run |first=Michael M. |last=Grynbaum |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=February 11, 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/nyregion/12broadway.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/nyregion/12broadway.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |access-date=July 11, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The current portions converted into pedestrian plazas are between West 47th and 42nd Streets within Times and Duffy Squares, and between West [[35th Street (Manhattan)|35th]] and [[33rd Street (Manhattan)|33rd Streets]] in the Herald Square area. Additionally, portions of Broadway in [[Madison Square and Madison Square Park|Madison Square]] and [[Union Square, Manhattan|Union Square]] have been dramatically narrowed, allowing ample pedestrian plazas to exist along the side of the road.

==== 2010s ====
[[2010 Times Square car bombing attempt|A terrorist attempted to set off a bomb]] on Broadway in Times Square on May 1, 2010. The attempted bomber was sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wilson|first=Michael|date=2010-10-05|title=Shahzad Gets Life Term for Times Square Bombing Attempt|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/nyregion/06shahzad.html|access-date=2023-03-16|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316213002/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/nyregion/06shahzad.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2013, the [[New York City Department of Transportation|NYCDOT]] decided to redesign Broadway between 35th and 42nd Streets for the second time in five years, owing to poor connections between pedestrian plazas and decreased vehicular traffic. With the new redesign, the bike lane is now on the right side of the street; it was formerly on the left side adjacent to the pedestrian plazas, causing conflicts between pedestrian and bicycle traffic.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2012-10-22-broadway-blvd-35-42.pdf |title=Broadway Boulevard II |access-date=December 13, 2013 |archive-date=March 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312031112/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2012-10-22-broadway-blvd-35-42.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In spring 2017, as part of a capital reconstruction of Worth Square, Broadway between [[24th Street (Manhattan)|24th]] and 25th Streets was converted to a [[Shared space|shared street]], where through vehicles are banned and delivery vehicles are restricted to {{convert|5|mph|km/h}}. Delivery vehicles go northbound from [[Fifth Avenue]] to 25th Street for that one block, reversing the direction of traffic and preventing vehicles from going south on Broadway south of 25th Street. The capital project expands on a 2008 initiative where part of the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Avenue was repurposed into a public plaza, simplifying that intersection.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.madisonsquarepark.org/about-the-park/worth-square-project |title=Worth Square Project |publisher=Madison Square Park Conservancy |access-date=May 14, 2017 |archive-date=June 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628012400/https://www.madisonsquarepark.org/about-the-park/worth-square-project |url-status=live }}</ref> As part of the 2017 project, Worth Square was expanded, converting the adjoining block of Broadway into a "shared street".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/flatiron-shared-street-mar2017.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/flatiron-shared-street-mar2017.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Flatiron Shared Street CB 5 Transportation Committee |publisher=[[New York City Department of Transportation]] |date=March 27, 2017 |access-date=May 14, 2017}}</ref>

[[File:NoMad Piazza 08302021.jpg|thumb|alt=Aerial view of "NoMad Piazza", an Open Street on Broadway in NoMad, Manhattan|Aerial view of "NoMad Piazza", an [[Open Streets|Open Street]] on Broadway in [[NoMad, Manhattan]]]]
In September 2019, the pedestrian space in the Herald Square area was expanded between 33rd and 32nd Streets alongside [[Greeley Square]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/herald-greeley-march2019.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/herald-greeley-march2019.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Herald and Greeley Square enhancements|publisher=[[New York City Department of Transportation]]|date=March 2019|access-date=August 31, 2022}}</ref> Five blocks of Broadway—from 50th to 48th, 39th to 39th, and 23rd to 21st Street—were converted into shared streets in late 2021.<ref name="Duggan 2021">{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=Mayor celebrates six blocks of 'Broadway Vision' designed to limit car traffic | website=amNewYork | date=October 25, 2021 | url=https://www.amny.com/new-york/manhattan/mayor-celebrates-six-blocks-of-broadway-limited-to-car-traffic/ | access-date=March 16, 2023 | archive-date=March 15, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315042132/https://www.amny.com/new-york/manhattan/mayor-celebrates-six-blocks-of-broadway-limited-to-car-traffic/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The block between 40th and 39th Streets, known as Golda Meir Square, was closed to vehicular traffic at that time.<ref name="Brachfeld 2023"/> 

==== 2020s ====
{{anchor|NoMad Piazza}}During 2020, the section from 31st to 25th Street was converted to a temporary pedestrian-only street called NoMad Piazza as part of the [[New York City Department of Transportation]]'s [[Open Streets]] program.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Glusac|first=Elaine|date=2020-10-29|title=How to Staycation in 6 American Cities|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/travel/staycation-nyc-los-angeles.html|access-date=2023-04-30|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317180513/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/travel/staycation-nyc-los-angeles.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the success of the pedestrian-only street, the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership BID closed the section between 25th and 27th Streets to vehicular traffic again during 2021<ref name="Young 2021">{{cite web |last=Young |first=Celia |date=October 1, 2021 |title=Pedestrian Piazza Pops Up Along Broadway in NoMad |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2021/10/pedestrian-piazza-pops-up-along-broadway-in-nomad/ |access-date=April 30, 2023 |website=Commercial Observer |archive-date=April 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430162031/https://commercialobserver.com/2021/10/pedestrian-piazza-pops-up-along-broadway-in-nomad/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and 2022.<ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2023">{{cite web |date=January 27, 2023 |title=One-Year After BID Expansion, Flatiron NoMad Partnership's Transformational Impact Felt in NoMad, on 20th Street, and on 6th Avenue |url=https://rew-online.com/one-year-after-bid-expansion-flatiron-nomad-partnerships-transformational-impact-felt-in-nomad-on-20th-street-and-on-6th-avenue/ |access-date=April 30, 2023 |website=Real Estate Weekly |archive-date=April 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430170539/https://rew-online.com/one-year-after-bid-expansion-flatiron-nomad-partnerships-transformational-impact-felt-in-nomad-on-20th-street-and-on-6th-avenue/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

City officials announced in March 2023 that the section of Broadway between 32nd and 21st Streets would be redesigned as part of a project called Broadway Vision. The section between 32nd and 25th Streets would receive a bidirectional bike lane and would be converted to a shared street. Cars would be banned permanently from 27th to 25th Street.<ref name="Brachfeld 2023">{{cite web | last=Brachfeld | first=Ben | title=New Broadway pedestrian plazas kick off construction this week in Flatiron, NoMad | website=amNewYork | date=March 12, 2023 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/new-broadway-pedestrian-plazas-kick-off-construction-this-week-in-flatiron-nomad/ | access-date=March 16, 2023 | archive-date=March 16, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316212520/https://www.amny.com/transit/new-broadway-pedestrian-plazas-kick-off-construction-this-week-in-flatiron-nomad/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Delaney 2023">{{cite web | last=Delaney | first=Jillian | title=NYC begins new phase of 'Broadway Vision,' street improvements from Madison Square to Herald Square | website=silive | date=March 12, 2023 | url=https://www.silive.com/news/2023/03/nyc-begins-new-phase-of-broadway-vision-street-improvements-from-madison-square-to-herald-square.html | access-date=March 16, 2023 | archive-date=March 15, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315093150/https://www.silive.com/news/2023/03/nyc-begins-new-phase-of-broadway-vision-street-improvements-from-madison-square-to-herald-square.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Rahmanan 2023">{{cite web |last=Rahmanan |first=Anna |date=March 13, 2023 |title=A two-way bike lane and two new plazas are being built on Broadway now |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/a-two-way-bike-lane-and-two-new-plazas-are-being-built-on-broadway-now-031323 |access-date=April 30, 2023 |website=Time Out New York |archive-date=April 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430162030/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/a-two-way-bike-lane-and-two-new-plazas-are-being-built-on-broadway-now-031323 |url-status=live }}</ref> That work was finished the same July.<ref name="Clark 2023 z619">{{cite web | last=Clark | first=Nia | title=City announces new 'Broadway Vision' public spaces | website=Spectrum News NY1  | date=June 23, 2023 | url=https://ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/news/2023/06/24/city-announces-new--broadway-vision--public-spaces | access-date=March 29, 2024}}</ref><ref name="abc7ny.com 2023 n123">{{cite web | title=Broadway Vision: NYC officials celebrate newest phase of plan to upgrade traffic, safety and more | website=WABC-TV | date=June 23, 2023 | url=https://abc7ny.com/amp/broadway-pedestrian-path-eric-adams-nyc/13418586/ | access-date=March 29, 2024}}</ref> In March 2024, the DOT announced plans to convert the section between 17th and 21st Streets into a shared street.<ref name="Brachfeld 2024 z096">{{cite web | last=Brachfeld | first=Ben | title=DOT rolls out 'Broadway Vision' to further pedestrianize four blocks near Union Square | website=amNewYork | date=March 26, 2024 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/dot-broadway-vision-union-square/ | access-date=March 29, 2024}}</ref>