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The major road in Nassau is Bay Street for tourists. Bay Street runs the entire length of the Island from East to West. Bay Street also provides beachfront views. The downtown area and the cruise ships are in walking distance. The Bahamas is a left-hand traffic country, but many cars are imported from the US and are left-hand drive.
The Nassau Avenue station is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Manhattan and Nassau Avenues in Greenpoint, Brooklyn , it is served by the G train at all times.
As early as 1915, Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News contained many advertisements for stamp dealers in Nassau Street. [5] In the 1930s, stamp collecting became very popular and Nassau Street was the center of New York City's "Stamp District", called its "Street of Stamps", with dozens of stamp and coin dealers along its short length. [6]
The highway proceeds southeast through a commercial area along Front Street, a two-lane road [5] maintained by Nassau County as County Route 106 (CR 106). [6] The route bends east through the village of Hempstead, becoming residential for several blocks until Chasner Street. NY 102 continues northeast through Hempstead, passing several strip ...
The Nassau Street Loop opened at 3 p.m. on May 29, 1931, when Mayor Jimmy Walker took the controls of a train of D-type Triplex cars from Chambers Street to Broad Street. [ 25 ] [ 44 ] [ 45 ] This completed what was known as the Nassau Street Loop . [ 25 ]
Manhasset Bay, as seen on a map from 1917. Nassau County (/ ˈ n æ s ɔː / NASS-aw) is a suburban county located on Long Island, immediately to the east of New York City, bordering the Long Island Sound on the north and the open Atlantic Ocean to the south.
The first section of the Nassau Expressway to be built was a 2.8-mile-long (4.5 km) eastbound-only segment between Cross Bay Boulevard and 150th Street. The eastbound lanes ended at a point near JFK Expressway. [3] [29] [32] The Nassau Expressway intersected with the Van Wyck Expressway at JFK Airport.
The Fulton–Nassau Historic District is a federally designated historic area of New York City roughly bounded by Broadway and Park Row, Nassau, Dutch and William Streets, Ann and Spruce Streets, and Liberty Street, in lower Manhattan. It contains a mix of late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural styles.