crossroads

(n) a community of people smaller than a village hamlet,
(n) a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
- at that juncture he had no idea what to do
- he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point
critical point, juncture,
(n) a point where a choice must be made
- Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology

hamlet critical point juncture

crossroad