Broadway is a street in New York City, New York, USA, and is the oldest north-south thoroughfare in New York City. It runs from Manhattan to outside of the city in Westchester County. The part of Broadway in Manhattan is famous for being the centre of American theatre.

In London Labour and the London Poor edition: 

Phase 1

A Visit to the Rookery of St. Giles and its Neighbourhood. (Volume 4): "Leaving the Seven Dials and its dingy neighbourhood, we went to Oxford Street, one of the first commercial streets in London, and one of the finest in the world. It reminded us a good deal of the celebrated Broadway, New York, although the buildings of the latter are in some places more costly and splendid, and some of the shops more magnificent."