Greenpoint and Roosevelt Avenues

"Roosevelt Avenue" redirects here. For the road in the Philippines formerly known as Roosevelt Avenue, see Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue.

"Greenpoint Avenue" redirects here. For other uses, see Greenpoint Avenue (disambiguation).

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]

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Greenpoint Avenue
Roosevelt Avenue

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	Brooklyn, Queens
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

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 runs 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

• New York City portal
• Prostitution portal

• Red-light district