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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2024-05-15</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001001171</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BROADWAY FINANCIAL CORP \DE\</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BYFC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0002024462</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Ibrahim Zack</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1263 FIRST STREET SE,</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>UNIT 406</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WASHINGTON DC</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>DC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>20003</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>EVP, Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>31645</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Restricted Stock granted April 5, 2024, which shall vest as follows: to the extent of thirty-three percent (33%) of the shares covered thereby on the first anniversary of the date of grant, with the balance vesting ratably over the succeeding twenty-four (24) months.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Audrey A. Phillips, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-05-28</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
