Beach Channel Drive
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| Length | 8.0 mi (12.9 km)[1] |
|---|---|
| Location | Queens |
| Postal code | 11697, 11694, 11693, 11692, 11691 |
| Nearest metro station | Rockaway Line   |
| West end | Rockaway Point Boulevard / Marine Parkway Bridge in Roxbury |
| Major junctions | Cross Bay Bridge in Rockaway Beach |
| East end | Sheridan Boulevard in Inwood |
| South | Rockaway Freeway |
Beach Channel Drive is the main thoroughfare of the
borough of Queens. It extends from the Nassau County border at Inwood westward, to the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge at the end of Jacob Riis Park. From Hammels westward, it follows Jamaica Bay
on the northern side of the peninsula.
Beach Channel Drive was opened on November 27, 1927, as a relatively short road west of the current site of the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge.[2] It was later expanded by consolidating a number of existing thoroughfares and constructing some linking roadways.
One of the roads that would become Beach Channel Drive was the launching point for the
Azores Islands, and Lisbon, Portugal. On May 31, one of the aircraft, piloted by Lieutenant Commander Albert C. Read, arrived in Plymouth, England
.
Transportation
The
Mott Avenue
.
References
- ^ Google (January 9, 2017). "Beach Channel Drive" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ "JAMAICA BAY ROAD READY.; Beach Channel Drive Open to Traffic Tomorrow -- Cost $2,000,000". The New York Times. November 26, 1927. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
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