Document and Entity Information - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Nov. 05, 2015
Entity Registrant Name	BROADWAY FINANCIAL CORP \DE\
Entity Central Index Key	0001001171
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2015
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Voting common stock
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		21,405,188
Non-voting common stock
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		7,671,520