Greenpoint and Roosevelt Avenues
 Roosevelt Avenue Bus Terminal in Jackson Heights | |
 Interactive map of Greenpoint Avenue Roosevelt Avenue | |
| Namesake | Greenpoint Bluff Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt |
|---|---|
| Owner | City of New York |
| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
| Length | 8.3 mi (13.4 km)[1] 2.4 mi (3.86 km) as Greenpoint Avenue 5.9 mi (9.50 km) as Roosevelt Avenue |
| Location | Kings and Queens counties, New York, United States |
| Postal code | 11222, 11101, 11104, 11377, 11372, 11373, 11368, 11354 |
| Nearest metro station | Greenpoint Avenue  Flushing Line   Roosevelt/74th      |
| West end | West Street in Greenpoint |
| Major junctions |  I-495 in Long Island City NY 25 (Queens Boulevard) in Sunnyside Grand Central Parkway in Willets Point |
| East end |  NY 25A (Northern Boulevard) / 156th Street in Murray Hill |
Roosevelt Avenue and Greenpoint Avenue are main thoroughfares in the New York City boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn. Roosevelt Avenue begins at 48th Street and Queens Boulevard in the neighborhood of Sunnyside. West of Queens Boulevard, the road is named Greenpoint Avenue and continues through Sunnyside and Long Island City across the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge into the borough of Brooklyn, terminating at WNYC Transmitter Park on the East River in the neighborhood of Greenpoint.[2] Roosevelt Avenue goes through Woodside, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Corona, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (adjacent to Citi Field) and Flushing. In Flushing, Roosevelt Avenue ends at 156th Street and Northern Boulevard.[1]
History
Roosevelt Avenue was nationally recognized for its cuisine when Good Magazine named it one of "America's Tastiest Streets".[3] It’s also well known for its diversity of cultural representation, ranging from Indian to Latin American,[4] while in the 2020s, Downtown Flushing is undergoing rapid gentrification by Chinese transnational entities.[5] More than three hundred languages are spoken along the street, and the neighborhoods it passes through are described as the most ethnically diverse in the world.[6] Roosevelt Avenue is a known area for street prostitution.[7]
Landmarks
Structures along the avenues include Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory on the western end of Greenpoint Avenue and the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant just west of the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge. The eastern end of Roosevelt Avenue contains the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Flushing.
Transportation
The corridor is served by the following subway lines:
- 7 and <7> trains run on the elevated IRT Flushing Line tracks above the street with ten stations until it reaches Flushing – Main Street, its eastern terminus.[8] The rail line opened in 1917, when Roosevelt Avenue was formed from the combination of other streets into one main avenue.[9][10]
- The street, itself named after Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt,[10] provides the name for the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station (7, <7>, E, F, <F>, M, and R trains) in Jackson Heights.
- G trains stop at the Greenpoint Avenue station located at Greenpoint Avenue and Manhattan Avenue.
The following bus routes serve Roosevelt:
- The Q32 runs between Queens Boulevard and either 81st Street (Jackson Heights), or 82nd Street (Midtown, Manhattan).
- The Q90 runs between Seaver Way and either Main Street (Flushing) or Prince Street (LaGuardia Airport). The latter trips deadhead west of Lippman Plaza before going in service.
- The Q53 runs between Broadway and either 39th Avenue (Woodside) or 62nd Street (Rockaway Park). The latter trips deadhead east of 61st Street before going in service.
- The Q33 runs from 82nd to 75th Streets (Jackson Heights) or from 74th to 83rd Streets (LaGuardia Airport).
- Q29 buses that run the full route to Jackson Heights deadhead west from 83rd to 82nd Streets before starting Glendale service.
- For buses with Flushing terminals:
- The Q12 runs east from Main Street to Bowne Street, going into Little Neck service at Union Street.
- The Q13 and Q15 run on Roosevelt west of Bowne Street and make their first and last stops between Union & Main Streets in both directions. These buses deadhead back around via Main Street, 39th Avenue and Prince Street.
- Beechhurst-bound Q61 buses run in service from Union Street to Main Street.
- The Q19, Q63 and Q66 buses deadhead from Prince Street to Main Street, where westbound service originates.
- The Nassau-bound n20G and n20x buses run from Bowne Street to Main Street.
The B24 is the only bus route to serve Greenpoint Avenue, from 47th Street to West Street (Greenpoint), and from Manhattan Avenue to 48th Street (Williamsburg). Greenpoint service runs east on the avenue non-stop from Franklin Street to Manhattan Avenue before switching to Williamsburg. The one-way section from Review Avenue to Starr Avenue requires westbound buses to divert around Van Dam Street.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Greenpoint and Roosevelt Avenues" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ "NYCDOT - Greenpoint Avenue Bridge over Newtown Creek". Archived from the original on February 21, 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2008.
- ^ Matthews, Adam (February 28, 2008). "America's Tastiest Streets". GOOD Magazine. Archived from the original on August 4, 2008.
- ^ "Queens for a Day". Village Voice. December 28, 1999. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ Ngu, Sarah (January 29, 2021). "'Not what it used to be': in New York, Flushing's Asian residents brace against gentrification". The Guardian US. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
The three developers have stressed in public hearings that they are not outsiders to Flushing, which is 69% Asian. 'They've been here, they live here, they work here, they've invested here,' said Ross Moskowitz, an attorney for the developers at a different public hearing in February...Tangram Tower, a luxury mixed-use development built by F&T. Last year, prices for two-bedroom apartments started at $1.15m...The influx of transnational capital and rise of luxury developments in Flushing has displaced longtime immigrant residents and small business owners, as well as disrupted its cultural and culinary landscape. These changes follow the familiar script of gentrification, but with a change of actors: it is Chinese American developers and wealthy Chinese immigrants who are gentrifying this working-class neighborhood, which is majority Chinese.
- ^ Salama, Jordan (April 18, 2022). "More than 300 languages are spoken along this NYC street". National Geographic. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ Marte, Eliecer (September 10, 2024). "Prostitution on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens is getting worse, residents say". PIX11.
- ^ Fernandez, Manny (January 13, 2008). "Track Work Disrupts Service on No. 7 Train in Queens". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 30, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ Kilgannon, Corey (December 21, 2005). "Under the Elevated Track, a New Sensation: Silence". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 30, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Mbugua, Martin (August 3, 1999). "Make Tracks to Big Avenue". New York Daily News. Retrieved September 13, 2008.