Broad Channel is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. It occupies the southern portion of Broad Channel Island, which is the only inhabited island (pop. about 3000) in Jamaica Bay. The northern (and larger) portion of the island is part of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

Lying between Howard Beach and Rockaway, it is connected to those communities by bridges at either end of the island, carrying bicycle, pedestrian, and vehicular traffic. Cross Bay Boulevard is the only through road. The area consists of artificial canals separating dead end residential blocks, and is the home of noted guitarist William Sullivan.

A New York City Subway line stops in Broad Channel at Broad Channel station . Depending on the time of day and day of the week, the train might bear the letter , , or .

At one time, the streets of Broad Channel were numbered along the same continuum found in the rest of Queens besides the Rockaways (with the numbers of "Streets" increasing from west to east, the numbers of "Avenues" increasing from north to south, etc.). Today, however, Broad Channel streets have their own numbering format, independent of that used elsewhere in the borough. This change still causes occasional confusion.

External links

• Forgotten NY: Broad Channel
• Google Map
• Terraserver satellite photograph