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Many roads along the routes have been renamed. New York Avenue would later become New York Boulevard, and was renamed Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in 1982 after local politician Guy Brewer. [31] [32] Rockaway Road and the Jamaica and Rockaway Turnpike are now called Rockaway Boulevard (in Queens) and the Rockaway Turnpike (in Nassau), respectively.
One branch continues as Rockaway Turnpike (Nassau County Route 257), and the other leads to the southern part of NY 878. Rockaway Boulevard and Rockaway Turnpike were formerly known as Rockaway Road (or Rockaway Plank Road) and the Jamaica and Rockaway Turnpike. The portion of Rockaway Turnpike in Queens (a separate road towards Jamaica) is now ...
Far Rockaway Seagirt Boulevard and Beach 20th Street Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, 147th Avenue, Rockaway Turnpike, Wanser Avenue, Beach Channel Drive, Beach 9th Street Service toward Far Rockaway operates local in the Lawrence, Cedarhurst, and Inwood neighborhoods in Nassau County. [89] [90]
NY 40, Melrose Valley Falls Road, Northern Turnpike, NY 67, Bushwick-Hoosick Road, Stage Road, Turnpike Road, NY 22: Yes 1837: Authorized to reroute off Stage Road to Turnpike Road and NY 67. 1846: Authorized to abandon north of Cambridge Branch Salem, Vermont state line CR 153: Yes Seneca Road Company: Main Road April 1, 1800, c. 78 [6]
Chicago Transit & Railfan Web Site: New York City Transit; The New York and Queens County Railway AND The Steinway Lines 1867-1939, Vincent F. Seyfried, 1950; The Don Harold and Francis J. Goldsmith, Jr. Brooklyn El and Trolley Pages (The JoeKorNer: Brooklyn Trolleys) "PRR Chronology, Discontinuance/Last Runs of Passenger Service" (PDF).
The New York City Transit Authority, in March 1971, sought permission from the New York City Board of Estimate to operate express buses during rush hours along the FDR Drive. It was hoped that the route would attract Upper East Side residents that used their cars to get to the Financial District. [264] Began service on April 12, 1971 as the M23X.
New York State Route 878 (NY 878) is an expressway on Long Island in New York state. The route exists in two sections, which both form the Nassau Expressway . NY 878's western terminus is the Belt Parkway and Conduit Avenue ( NY 27 ) in Ozone Park , within southern Queens in New York City .
Trips starting and ending at Hempstead Turnpike now are early a.m. and late day trips ending at Old Central Road, completely bypassing both Valley Stream LIRR Station and Green Acres Mall. [37] n4 Bee Line began operating the route in the mid-1920s, competing with the New York and Long Island Traction Company's "Brooklyn-Freeport" line. [38]