diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-2019-07-25-19-36-19-users-stecrain-fixBrokeredFileAccess.json b/change/react-native-windows-2019-07-25-19-36-19-users-stecrain-fixBrokeredFileAccess.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d3ae0be01b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-2019-07-25-19-36-19-users-stecrain-fixBrokeredFileAccess.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "comment": "use win32 file api to avoid runtime broker slowing us down",
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "stecrain@microsoft.com",
+  "commit": "6a9d6e7e6112f6b963b9a5c0079defbad4272f06",
+  "date": "2019-07-26T02:36:19.282Z"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vnext/ReactUWP/Utils/UwpPreparedScriptStore.cpp b/vnext/ReactUWP/Utils/UwpPreparedScriptStore.cpp
index 7f3930d36a4..61c96eb17cb 100644
--- a/vnext/ReactUWP/Utils/UwpPreparedScriptStore.cpp
+++ b/vnext/ReactUWP/Utils/UwpPreparedScriptStore.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <winrt/Windows.Storage.FileProperties.h>
 #include <winrt/Windows.Storage.Streams.h>
 #include "Utils/UwpPreparedScriptStore.h"
+#include "Utils/UwpScriptStore.h"
 #include "jsi/jsi.h"
 #include "unicode.h"
 
@@ -93,9 +94,9 @@ winrt::StorageFile UwpPreparedScriptStore::TryGetByteCodeFileSync(
   try {
     if (m_byteCodeFileAsync != nullptr) {
       auto file = m_byteCodeFileAsync.get();
-      auto fileprops = file.GetBasicPropertiesAsync().get();
-      facebook::jsi::ScriptVersion_t byteCodeVersion =
-          fileprops.DateModified().time_since_epoch().count();
+      auto byteCodeVersion =
+          UwpScriptStore::GetFileVersion(file.Path().c_str());
+
       if (byteCodeVersion >= scriptSignature.version) {
         return file;
       }
@@ -113,9 +114,8 @@ winrt::StorageFile UwpPreparedScriptStore::TryGetByteCodeFileSync(
                   .LocalCacheFolder()
                   .GetFileAsync(fileName)
                   .get();
-  auto fileprops = file.GetBasicPropertiesAsync().get();
-  facebook::jsi::ScriptVersion_t byteCodeVersion =
-      fileprops.DateModified().time_since_epoch().count();
+
+  auto byteCodeVersion = UwpScriptStore::GetFileVersion(file.Path().c_str());
 
   return byteCodeVersion > scriptSignature.version ? file : nullptr;
 }
diff --git a/vnext/ReactUWP/Utils/UwpScriptStore.cpp b/vnext/ReactUWP/Utils/UwpScriptStore.cpp
index 19bea02784a..65bcb8bf105 100644
--- a/vnext/ReactUWP/Utils/UwpScriptStore.cpp
+++ b/vnext/ReactUWP/Utils/UwpScriptStore.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,22 @@ namespace uwp {
 
 UwpScriptStore::UwpScriptStore() {}
 
+/* static */ facebook::jsi::ScriptVersion_t UwpScriptStore::GetFileVersion(
+    const std::wstring &filePath) {
+  // append prefix to allow long file paths.
+  auto longFilePath = L"\\\\?\\" + filePath;
+  WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA fileData;
+  if (GetFileAttributesEx(
+          longFilePath.c_str(), GetFileExInfoStandard, &fileData)) {
+    return ((facebook::jsi::ScriptVersion_t)
+                fileData.ftLastWriteTime.dwHighDateTime
+            << 32) |
+        fileData.ftLastWriteTime.dwLowDateTime;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 facebook::jsi::VersionedBuffer UwpScriptStore::getVersionedScript(
     const std::string &url) noexcept {
   facebook::jsi::VersionedBuffer versionedBuffer_;
@@ -29,27 +45,22 @@ facebook::jsi::VersionedBuffer UwpScriptStore::getVersionedScript(
 // Script version = timestamp of bundle file last created
 facebook::jsi::ScriptVersion_t UwpScriptStore::getScriptVersion(
     const std::string &url) noexcept {
-  const std::string bundleUrl = "ms-appx:///Bundle/" + url + ".bundle";
-  const winrt::DateTime bundleModifiedTime =
-      getBundleModifiedDate(bundleUrl).get();
-  const std::uint64_t timestamp = bundleModifiedTime.time_since_epoch().count();
-  return timestamp;
+  auto version = getScriptVersionAsync(url).get();
+
+  return version;
 }
 
-std::future<winrt::DateTime> UwpScriptStore::getBundleModifiedDate(
-    const std::string &bundleUri) {
-  winrt::hstring str(facebook::react::unicode::utf8ToUtf16(bundleUri));
-  winrt::Windows::Foundation::Uri uri(str);
-
-  try {
-    auto file =
-        co_await winrt::StorageFile::GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(uri);
-    auto props = file.GetBasicPropertiesAsync().get();
-    return props.DateModified();
-  } catch (winrt::hresult_error const &ex) {
-    winrt::DateTime date;
-    return date;
-  }
+std::future<facebook::jsi::ScriptVersion_t>
+UwpScriptStore::getScriptVersionAsync(const std::string &bundleUri) {
+  co_await winrt::resume_background();
+
+  const winrt::hstring fileUrl(facebook::react::unicode::utf8ToUtf16(
+      "ms-appx:///Bundle/" + bundleUri + ".bundle"));
+
+  auto file = co_await winrt::StorageFile::GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(
+      winrt::Windows::Foundation::Uri{fileUrl});
+
+  co_return GetFileVersion(file.Path().c_str());
 }
 
 } // namespace uwp
diff --git a/vnext/ReactUWP/Utils/UwpScriptStore.h b/vnext/ReactUWP/Utils/UwpScriptStore.h
index 6a66bc8d07e..4b66305e1bc 100644
--- a/vnext/ReactUWP/Utils/UwpScriptStore.h
+++ b/vnext/ReactUWP/Utils/UwpScriptStore.h
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ class UwpScriptStore : public facebook::jsi::ScriptStore {
   UwpScriptStore(const UwpScriptStore &) = delete;
   void operator=(const UwpScriptStore &) = delete;
 
+ public:
+  static facebook::jsi::ScriptVersion_t GetFileVersion(
+      const std::wstring &filePath);
+
  private:
-  std::future<winrt::Windows::Foundation::DateTime> getBundleModifiedDate(
-      const std::string &bundlePath);
+  std::future<facebook::jsi::ScriptVersion_t> getScriptVersionAsync(
+      const std::string &bundleUri);
 };
 
 } // namespace uwp