Grand Street and Grand Avenue
Avenue in Brooklyn and Queens, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Grand Street and Grand Avenue are the respective names of a street which runs through the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States. Originating in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Grand Street runs roughly northeast until crossing Newtown Creek into Queens, whereupon Grand Street becomes Grand Avenue, continuing through Maspeth where it is a main shopping street, until reaching its northern end at Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst.
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Owner | City of New York |
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Maintained by | NYCDOT |
Length | 4.4 mi (7.1 km)[1] 1.7 mi (2.74 km) as Grand Street 2.9 mi (4.67 km) as Grand Avenue additional 3.8 mi (6.12 km) as Broadway[2] |
Location | Brooklyn, Queens |
Postal code | 11211, 11206, 11378, 11373 |
Nearest metro station | Grand Street Grand Avenue–Newtown |
West end | Rodney Street in Williamsburg |
Major junctions | I-495 in Maspeth |
East end | NY 25 (Queens Boulevard) / Broadway in Elmhurst |
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The thoroughfare continues north and west beyond Queens Boulevard as Broadway until it terminates at Socrates Sculpture Park at the intersection of Vernon Boulevard in Astoria.