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Rockaway Avenue is a street located in Brooklyn, New York. It is also the name of two current New York City Subway stations and one closed station: Rockaway Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line), serving the A and C trains; Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line), serving the 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains
At Flatlands Avenue Rockaway Parkway at Skidmore Avenue. Rockaway Parkway is a major commercial street in the Canarsie and Brownsville neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York. It occupies the position of East 97th Street in the Brooklyn street grid. Contrary to its name, Rockaway Parkway does not enter the Rockaways in Queens.
Interstate 678 (I-678) is a north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway that extends for 14 miles (23 km) through two boroughs of New York City.The route begins at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Jamaica Bay and travels north through Queens and across the East River to the Bruckner Interchange in the Bronx, where I-678 ends and the Hutchinson River Parkway begins.
Interstate 80 (I-80) is a major Interstate Highway in the United States, running from San Francisco, California, eastward to the New York metropolitan area.In New Jersey, I-80 runs for 68.54 miles (110.30 km) from the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge at the Pennsylvania state line to its eastern terminus at the interchange with the New Jersey Turnpike in Teaneck, Bergen County.
The Q113 and Q114 are one of the few public transit options between the Rockaway peninsula and "mainland" New York City. The corridor was originally a streetcar line that began operation in 1897, referred to as the Far Rockaway line, [7] [8] Jamaica−Far Rockaway line, [9] Far Rockaway−Jamaica line [10] or Jamaica and Far Rockaway line. [10]
In 1986, the New York City Transit Authority launched a study to determine whether to close 79 stations on 11 routes, including the segment of the Rockaway Line south of Howard Beach, due to low ridership and high repair costs. [30] [31] Numerous figures, including New York City Council member Carol Greitzer, criticized the plans. [31] [32]
The Rockaway Avenue station is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway, located at Rockaway Avenue and Livonia Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. It is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights, when the 4 train takes over service. During rush hours, occasional 2, 4 and 5 trains also stop here. [3]
The Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway station is the southern terminal station of the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway, and is one of the few grade-level stations in the system. Located at the intersection of Rockaway Parkway and Glenwood Road in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn, [3] it is served by the L train at all times. [4]