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The Graham Avenue station is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Graham and Metropolitan Avenues in Williamsburg, Brooklyn , it is served by the L train at all times.
This pronunciation occurs most strongly among Lubavitcher Jews but has also, at least in the past, been used in the speech of Italians, [64] [65] and it has become a stereotype of the New York City accent in general. [66] Speakers with and without this feature may realize /ŋ/ as [n] in unstressed -ing endings. [61]
Graham Avenue (also known as Avenue of Puerto Rico to the south of Grand Street, and Via Vespucci to the north), Grand Street, and Metropolitan Avenue are the main shopping districts. The Moore Street Market, often referred to as La Marqueta de Williamsburg, is located at 110 Moore Street. [18] I. DeFrancisci & Son, 219 Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn ...
The Bakery began at the intersection of Moore Street and Graham Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. In time it relocated to Park Avenue, and later to 115 Thames Street, where it stayed for nearly sixty years. [5] Levy's was known for its "cheese bread", but the bakery's real hallmark was its authentic seeded rye: thick crust and heavy texture.
Another such institution is the "El Puente" Community Center, [91] as well as the "San German" record store on Graham Avenue. Graham Avenue was renamed Avenue of Puerto Rico as a symbol of pride, just as the avenue's other alternate name, Via Vespucci, is meant to commemorate the neighborhood's Italian-American community. [92]
The southwestern portion of Brooklyn shares numbered streets and avenues starting from 36th Street to 101st Street and from 1st Avenue to 25th Avenue, passing through the neighborhoods listed below: Bay Ridge. Fort Hamilton; Bensonhurst. Bath Beach; New Utrecht; Borough Park. Mapleton lies mostly in Borough Park but its southern reaches are ...
Boerum Hill (pronounced / ˈ b ɔːr əm / BOR-əm) is a small neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Schermerhorn Street to the north and Fourth Avenue to the east. [1] The western border is variously given as either Smith or Court Street, and Warren or Wyckoff Street as the southern edge. [2]
On April 27, 1890, Brooklyn City opened new trackage on Flushing Avenue from Graham Avenue east to Metropolitan Avenue, with the service operating on it becoming the new Flushing Avenue Line, and the old Flushing Avenue Line being renamed the Flushing and Graham Avenues Line and afterwards, the Graham Avenue Line.