crossroads

noun

1. 1

   a point where a choice must be made

   Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology

2. 2

   a community of people smaller than a village

3. 3

   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