Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	May 04, 2017
Entity Registrant Name	BROADWAY FINANCIAL CORP \DE\
Entity Central Index Key	0001001171
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2017
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	2017
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Voting common stock
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		18,694,823
Non-voting common stock
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		8,756,396