New York State Route 24

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This article is about the current alignment of NY 24. For the former alignment of NY 24 in Rensselaer and Washington counties, see New York State Route 22.

New York State Route 24 marker

New York State Route 24

Hempstead Turnpike
Map
Map of Long Island with NY 24 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT, NYCDOT, Nassau County, and Suffolk County
Length30.84 mi[1] (49.63 km)
Existed1930[2]–present
Main segment
Length18.68 mi[1] (30.06 km)
West end I-295 / NY 25 / Grand Central Parkway in Queens
Major intersections
East end NY 110 in East Farmingdale
East End segment
Length12.16 mi[1] (19.57 km)
North end I-495 / CR 94 in Riverhead
Major intersections
South end
CR 80 in Hampton Bays
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesQueens, Nassau, Suffolk
Highway system
← NY 23B→ NY 25

New York State Route 24 (NY 24) is a 30.84-mile-long (49.63 km) east–west

County Route 80 (CR 80) in Hampton Bays
.

NY 24 is one of three highways in New York that are split into two segments; the others are

Long Island Expressway from Manhattan to East Hills
while its original surface routing was designated New York State Route 24A.

In Nassau County, most of the route is known as Hempstead Turnpike.

Western segment

Queens Village to Nassau Coliseum

NY 24 begins at an intersection with the southern end of

Jamaica Avenue, where NY 24 turns off Hollis Court and 212th and follows Jamaica Avenue eastbound for a block. At the junction with Hempstead Avenue, NY 24 turns off Jamaica for Hempstead, crossing under the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) main line through Queens Village.[3]

Passing a Long Island Rail Road substation, NY 24 proceeds southeast along the four-lane commercial strip of Hempstead Avenue, intersecting with

Hempstead, NY 24 crosses several parking lots used for Belmont Park Racetrack and UBS Arena, paralleling the grounds to the south for several blocks.[3]

After crossing into the Elmont neighborhood of Hempstead, NY 24 reduces to four lanes, crossing through a long commercial strip east of the racetrack. The route crosses through East Elmont before entering Floral Park Crest, where the roadway bends northeast through Hempstead. After crossing an intersection with Covert and Meacham Avenues, NY 24 straightens eastward once again, crossing a long commercial strip through town. The route soon makes a short bend to the southeast, crossing an intersection with New Hyde Park Road and Franklin Avenue later into West Hempstead. In West Hempstead, NY 24 crosses over the former connection between the Long Island Railroad West Hempstead Branch and Hempstead Branch before entering an intersection with NY 102 (Front Street).[3]

Eastbound lanes of NY 24 (Fulton Avenue) in the Village of Hempstead.

At this intersection, NY 24 drops the Hempstead Turnpike moniker, changing to Fulton Avenue. NY 24 then proceeds northeast through downtown Hempstead, remaining a four-lane commercial street through the city, bending south of a local park. At the junction with Clinton Street, NY 24 bends east for a block, turning northeast again at

divided highway through Hempstead, passing south of Hofstra University Stadium and past several parking lots for the campus. East of Hofstra Boulevard, the road widens to six lanes. Just after Earle Ovington Boulevard, the route continues east in to Uniondale and runs alongside the parking lots for Nassau Coliseum, the former home of the Islanders from their 1972 founding until 2015, then 2018 until 2021, when they moved 7.7 miles (12.4 km) west down the pike to UBS Arena.[3]

Nassau Coliseum to Farmingdale

At the junction with

East Meadow, remaining a six-lane boulevard past Merrick Avenue, passing south of Eisenhower Park. While the park runs along the westbound lanes, several commercial businesses line the eastbound lanes. After Bly Road, the park changes over to more businesses and a short distance later, NY 102 terminates at NY 24 at Front Street. After Carman Avenue, the route passes south of Nassau University Medical Center before returning to the commercial businesses that have surrounded the roadway.[3]

Just to the east of Nassau University Medical Center, NY 24 enters an intersection with

Oyster Bay. Retaining the Hempstead Turnpike name, NY 24 enters the Plainedge neighborhood of Oyster Bay.[3]

NY 24 eastbound after Secatogue Avenue in Farmingdale

After passing St. Joseph's Hospital, NY 24 crosses through Plainedge and into a large cloverleaf interchange (exit 7) with the Seaford–Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135). Three blocks to the east, NY 24 condenses to four lanes, entering a partial cloverleaf interchange with the Bethpage State Parkway (exit B3). After crossing over the Bethpage, the route proceeds northeast through the town of Oyster Bay, crossing into the town of Farmingdale. After crossing under a line of the Long Island Rail Road, the route crosses Merritt Avenue at-grade, entering a junction with NY 109 (Fulton Street). Past the junction with NY 109, NY 24 changes monikers to Conklin Street, crossing through Farmingdale as a four lane street.[3]

For several blocks, NY 24 passes residential homes, before becoming a two-lane commercial street. A short distance to the east, the route intersects with Secatogue Avenue, which connects to the

Farmingdale station to the northwest. Re-expanding to four lanes, NY 24 crosses through Farmingdale on Conklin before crossing the county line into Suffolk County. Now in the town of Babylon, retaining the Conklin Street moniker before entering an at-grade junction with NY 110 (Broad Hollow Road) in front of Airport Plaza. This junction serves as the eastern terminus of NY 24's western segment.[3]

As of October 2014, NY 24's Farmingdale section between its junction with New York State Route 109 and the eastern terminus at New York State Route 110 has been reduced to a two lane street.

Eastern segment

The eastern segment of NY 24 begins at exit 71 of the

Southampton. After leaving Peconic Bog County Park, the routes bend northeast along Nugent, paralleling the Peconic River past the Suffolk County jail and into a traffic circle just south of Riverhead.[4]

At this traffic circle, NY 24 becomes a two-lane divided road and passes north of county offices for Suffolk County, leaving the concurrency with CR 94, which proceeds north into Riverhead. Meanwhile, in the town of Southampton, NY 24 enters another traffic circle, this time the northern terminus of

CR 63 (Lake Avenue / Peconic Avenue). After this traffic circle, NY 24 continues east along Flanders Road as a two-lane surface road, which parallels the Peconic River. The route soon bends southeast through Southampton, crossing an at-grade intersection with CR 105 (Cross River Drive).[4]

NY 24 westbound in Hampton Bays

NY 24 soon turns eastward into the hamlet of

CR 80 (West Montauk Highway) in the community of Hampton Bays.[4]

History

NY 24 was originally a continuous route between the

Park Avenue (then NY 22 and NY 100), where NY 24, NY 25, and NY 25A all ended.[6] The section of NY 24 between Farmingdale and Riverhead was removed c. 1936, splitting NY 24 into two pieces.[7][8]

New York City and vicinity

The overlap with NY 25 was extended twice over the next decade. In the late 1930s, NY 25 was realigned to follow Queens Boulevard (NY 24) from Skillman Avenue to Horace Harding Boulevard.

Queens Midtown Expressway, respectively, in the early 1950s. At the time, the Queens Midtown Expressway ended at 61st Street.[13][14]

By 1956, the highway had been renamed the

Clearview Expressway was co-signed as I-495 by 1960.[17][18]

NY 24 was removed from the LIE and shifted southward to replace NY 24A c. 1962. However, NY 24 was truncated to begin at the LIE instead.[18][19] On January 1, 1970, NY 24 was truncated again to the junction of Queens Boulevard and Hillside Avenue. This eliminated its overlap with NY 25, which was altered to follow NY 24's former routing through Queens.[20][21] NY 24 was rerouted once more between 1977 and 1981 to follow 212th Street once again to end at NY 25 and I-295.[22][23]

Suffolk County

In Riverhead, NY 24 initially had a brief overlap with the northernmost portion of

divided highway following the course of the Peconic River. The roadway began at the Long Island Expressway and ended just south of Riverhead.[20][25] This segment of NY 24 is maintained by Suffolk County and is co-signed as CR 94.[26] It is one of three locally maintained sections of NY 24; the others are in Queens, where the route is maintained by the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), and in the village of Hempstead, where the route is maintained by Nassau County as CR 107 from North Franklin Street to Truro Lane.[27][28][29]

In the 1960s, there was a proposal to build a bypass around the current eastern terminus of the western segment of NY 24. The highway, named the "Republic Bypass", would begin at NY 24 midway between the

CR 101 bridge over the main line of the Long Island Rail Road.[32]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Bronx
Western terminus
1.752.82
Verrazano Bridge
Exits 26B–C on Cross Island Parkway
NassauWest Hempstead6.6210.65Front Street (NY 102 east)Unsigned western terminus of NY 102
Jones Beach
Exits M4–M5 on Meadowbrook Parkway
East Meadow11.1717.98
 NY 102 west (Front Street)		Eastern terminus of NY 102
11.9419.22 NY 106 (Newbridge Road)
Jones Beach
Exit W3 on Wantagh Parkway
Plainedge15.2124.48 NY 107 (Hicksville Road)
15.6525.19 NY 135 – Seaford, SyossetExit 7 on NY 135
Plainedge–South Farmingdale line16.0125.77 Bethpage State ParkwayExit B3 on Bethpage Parkway
Farmingdale16.8927.18
 NY 109 east (Fulton Street)		Western terminus of NY 109
SuffolkEast Farmingdale18.6830.06 NY 110 – Huntington, Amityville, Republic Airport
Gap in designation
Manorville–Calverton line0.000.00
 CR 94 west		Continuation west
Northern end of limited-access section
New York
Exit 71 on I-495
Riverside3.916.29Southern end of limited-access section
CR 94A north – Riverhead
Southern terminus of CR 94A
4.186.73
CR 51 south – Moriches
Northern terminus of CR 51
4.326.95
Traffic circle
Orient Point
New York, Montauk
Exit 65 on NY 27
12.1619.57
CR 80 (Montauk Highway)
Southern terminus; former NY 27A
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "2008 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. pp. 74–75. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Dickinson, Leon A. (January 12, 1930). "New Signs for State Highways". The New York Times. p. 136. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Microsoft; Nokia. "overview map of NY 24's western segment" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Microsoft; Nokia. "overview map of NY 24's eastern segment" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  5. Texas Oil Company
    . 1932.
  6. ^ "Mark Ways in the City". The New York Times. December 16, 1934. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
  7. Sun Oil Company
    . 1935.
  8. Standard Oil Company
    . 1936.
  9. ^ New York Road Map for 1938 (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1938.
  10. ^ a b New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1940.
  11. ^ a b New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1942.
  12. ^ New York Road Map and Pictorial Sight-Seeing Guide (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sinclair Oil Corporation. 1947.
  13. ^ New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sunoco. 1952.
  14. ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1955–56 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1954.
  15. ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1957 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1956.
  16. ^ New York with Special Maps of Putnam–Rockland–Westchester Counties and Finger Lakes Region (Map) (1958 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1958.
  17. ^
    Gulf Oil Company
    . 1960.
  18. ^
    H.M. Gousha Company
    . Sunoco. 1961.
  19. ^ New York with Sight-Seeing Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1962.
  20. ^ a b c State of New York Department of Transportation (January 1, 1970). Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State (PDF). Retrieved May 24, 2009.
  21. ^ New York State Highways (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. State of New York Department of Commerce. 1969.
  22. Exxon
    . 1977.
  23. State of New York
    . 1981.
  24. ^ "Long Island Magazine". Sunday Newsday. New York City. August 27, 1972. p. 14.
  25. State of New York Department of Transportation
    . pp. 1–2.
  26. ^ Microsoft; Nokia. "Riverhead, New York" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  27. ^ "Nassau County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. February 28, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  28. ^ "Queens County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. February 28, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  29. ^ "Suffolk County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. February 28, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  30. ^ Proposed routing of the Republic Bypass (Map). Suffolk County Department of Planning.
  31. ^ Anderson, Steve. "Suffolk County Roads 76–100". NYCRoads. Archived from the original on April 21, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
  32. ^ "Suffolk CR 101-LIRR-Suffolk CR 90 Bridge". wikimapia.org. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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