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NY 25A in Bayside Springfield Boulevard is a major north/south roadway that runs through the eastern section of Queens , New York . It is 7.8 miles (12.6 km) long and goes from Northern Boulevard in Bayside , to 147th Avenue in Springfield Gardens .
From 1893 to 1911, 5–7 Doyers Street was the site of the first Chinese language theater in New York City. The theater was converted into a rescue mission for the homeless. In 1903, the theater was the site of a fundraiser by the Chinese community for Jewish victims of a massacre in Kishinev .
New York State Route 25A (NY 25A) is a state highway on Long Island in New York, United States. It serves as the main east–west route for most of the North Shore of Long Island, running for 73 miles (117 km) from Interstate 495 (I-495) at the Queens–Midtown Tunnel in the New York City borough of Queens to NY 25 in Calverton , Suffolk County .
Bay Parkway was known as 22nd Avenue until the 1930s, when the name was changed to facilitate large-scale apartment-type residential development.Its renaming as a parkway was first proposed in the state legislature in 1892, along with Bay Ridge Parkway, and Fort Hamilton Parkway, placing the road under the jurisdiction of the Brooklyn Parks Department. [4]
Fort Tryon Park is a public park located in the Washington Heights and Inwood neighborhoods of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.The 67-acre (27 ha) park is situated on a ridge in Upper Manhattan, close to the Hudson River to the west.
The location of Flower Hill was originally inhabited by Matinecock Native Americans. [2] In the 17th century, Dutch and English colonists began to settle the area. [2]This era saw members of prominent colonial families settled in the area, including members of the Hewlett family (the family after whom Hewlett, New York, and Hewlett Lane in Flower Hill are named). [3]
The New York City Transit Authority proposed officially eliminating M10 Limited service along 145th Street and Lenox Avenue to Esplanade Gardens at 147th Street on December 30, 1986. Two southbound trips and three northbound trips had operated to this terminal, but due to passenger confusion and low ridership, this service was ended in late ...
[4] [5] [6] Surveying by the New York City Board of Transportation along Schermerhorn Street began in 1928, [7] [8] [9] and construction began around 1929. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Property on the south side of Schermerhorn Street between Bond and Nevins Streets was condemned to facilitate the project.