Main Street is the north-south main road in the Queens area of ​​New York City, stretching from Queens Boulevard in Briarwood to Northern Boulevard in Flushing. Created in the 17th century as one of Flushing's main streets, Main Street has been extended at various points in its existence.
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Route description
Main Street lies relatively north to south with two to three lanes in both directions, and serves as the main road to Flushing, Queens. It started at the intersection with Northern Boulevard at Downtown Flushing, also known as Flushing Chinatown, one of Asia's largest cities in New York City. Just south of Roosevelt Avenue and the Long Island Rail Road overpass, Kissena Boulevard (formerly Jamaica Road) branched off Main Street on a triangle, before embarking on a parallel path. After passing Kissena Park, Main Street intersects the Long Island Expressway north of Queens College.
South of Queens College, intersecting with Jewel Avenue near the neighborhood of Pomonok. The Main Street stretch at Kew Gardens Hills south of the Long Island Expressway is home to a large Jewish community, including many Orthodox, Ashkenazi, and Bukharan Jews. At the southern end of Kew Gardens Hills near Jamaica, Main Street intersects with Union Turnpike and Grand Central Parkway service ramp. Westbound Union Turnpike enter Kew Gardens Interchange, connecting to Grand Central, Van Wyck Expressway, Jackie Robinson Parkway, and Queens Boulevard. Near the southern end, two ramps enter branching from the center of Main Street, feeding to Van Wyck heading south. Two one-way spurs from Main Street run for three more blocks before ending up at Briarwood, at an intersection adjacent to Queens Boulevard.
Traffic
The most crowded Main Street area is on the north end of Downtown Flushing, between Sanford Avenue and Northern Boulevard. Other congestion points include crossing the Long Island Expressway; intersection of Union Turnpike/Grand Central Parkway (GCP), from 73rd Avenue to south to GCP; and the southern end, on Queens Boulevard.
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History
For much of its early history, Main Street is a quiet little town street. At first, it did not extend to the south of Port Washington Branch on Long Island Rail Road. The intersection of Main Street and Northern Boulevard, built in the 17th century, is one of the oldest modern intersections in the United States. In 1891, it continued four blocks south to Franklin Avenue, as another road called Jaggar Avenue.
The road was expanded to Cedar Grove Cemetery in 1920. In 1932, the southern end of Main Street was Reeves Avenue, at the former Spring Hill Golf Club. In 1938, an extension was opened to the Grand Central Parkway. In 1940, the area around the northern end of Main Street, near Flushing, was largely developed. Kew Gardens Hills were built around Main Street after World War II. On November 23, 1954 the south extension to Queens Boulevard and the Van Wyck Expressway opened.
In the 1970s, amid the fiscal crisis of 1976, more and more real estate became available. The area was rapidly inhabited by Chinese and Koreans. In the late 2000s, Main Street was considered a very diverse community. The New York Times compares it to the classic Main Street and compares the character of Queens Main Street with Wall Street in Manhattan.
Transportation
Bus service
The main public transport on Main Street is the Q44 bus route, running from the Jamaica Center area through the entire length of Main Street before continuing to the Bronx. In 1999, Q44 was changed to a limited stop service, coupled with local bus Q20A and Q20B operating from Jamaica to College Point. Prior to 2010, the now-defunct Q74 bus serves the southern part of the road between 73 and Reeves Avenues. The route, which runs between Kew Gardens - Union Turnpike station and Queens College, was eliminated in 2010 due to budget cuts in the MTA. The X51 express buses serve part of the road between Elder Avenue near Kissena Park and the Horace Harding Expressway, before being stopped in 2010 due to low riders.
The Main Street corridor, along with the parallel corridors of Kissena/Parsons Boulevards and the 164th Street corridor, was studied by the NYC Transportation Department in 2015 for the implementation of Select Bus Service (SBS) between Flushing and Jamaica. This will turn the Q44 route into a bus rapid transit route. As part of the proposal, a special bus line is proposed to be installed on Main Street between Reeves Avenue and Northern Boulevard, as well as on sections of Hillside Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard. After a counterattack from a local business, the bus lanes in Queensboro Flushing Hill and Kew Gardens Hills were dropped from SBS's proposal. However, the Q44 route has been approved for SBS conversion in June 2015, and was implemented on November 29, 2015.
Many buses travel through or stop in Main Street section located at Flushing. These include several routes that run between Flushing and Jamaica, as well as Q50 buses to Co-op City, Bronx. Some other buses diverge along the road on other major roads along the route.
Subway and train
In Subway New York City, the E and F trains of the IND Queens Boulevard Line serve the road at Briarwood station, where the road intersects with Queens Boulevard and the Van Wyck Expressway.
The Downtown Flushing section on this route has the busiest transit center, which revolves around Flushing - Main Street Terminal for trains 7 and & lt; 7 & gt; at Roosevelt on New York City Avenue. The Long Island Rail Road serves the area at an elevated station one block south.
Education
School
Flushing High School is located a few blocks away from the north end. The Queens College campus, which also houses Townsend Harris High School and John Bowne High School, is located between Reeves Avenue (near the Long Island Expressway) and Melbourne Avenue. Archbishop Molloy High School is located at the southern end of Main Street.
Library
Several Queens Library branches are located on Main Street, including a large Flushing branch on Kissena Boulevard that was rebuilt in the 1990s. Kew Gardens Hills library branch is near the southern end of Main Street.
Destination
Key points of interest include:
- St. George Church near Roosevelt Avenue
- Flushing Main Post Office, between Sanford and Maple Avenues
- Queens Botanical Garden and Kissena Corridor Park between Dahlia and 56th Avenues
- NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens (formerly Booth Memorial Hospital and New York Queens Hospital), part of the New York-Presbyterian Health System, on Booth Memorial Avenue. Some additional buildings are located further south.
- Cedar Grove Cemetery, between Reeves Avenue and 68th Drive, north of Jewel Avenue
Other Main Street in New York City
There are four other Main Streets in four other areas of New York City:
- In Throggs Neck, Bronx, Main Street is so vague that it is not notated on road signs. This is a short walk in the 675 co-op unit. This Main Road is rarely named by its name.
- In Dumbo, Brooklyn, Main Street is a two-block cobblestone street that still has pieces of old railroad tracks embedded in large rocks.
- In Roosevelt Island in Manhattan, Main Street is the only north-south artery on the island, and is particularly lined with apartment buildings, hospitals and small town centers. consists of several businesses.
- In Tottenville, Staten Island, Main Street is a six-block artery that runs north to south in the western edge of the neighborhood.
Of the five Main Streets in New York City, Queens is the busiest and most famous.
See also
- Chinatown, also known as Downtown Flushing
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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