Flushing Avenue

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Flushing Avenue
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Flushing Avenue in Maspeth
Namesake Vlissingen
Owner City of New York
Maintained by NYCDOT
Length4.8 mi (7.7 km) [1]
Location Brooklyn, Queens
Postal code11201, 11205, 11211, 11206, 11237, 11385, 11378
Nearest metro station Flushing Avenue NYCS-bull-trans-G-Std.svg
Flushing Avenue NYCS-bull-trans-J-Std.svg NYCS-bull-trans-M-Std.svg
Jefferson Street NYCS-bull-trans-L-Std.svg
West endNassau Street / Navy Street in Fort Greene
Major
junctions
I-278.svg I-278 in Clinton Hill
East end Grand Avenue (Queens) in Maspeth
Western Flushing Avenue Flushing Av west jeh.JPG
Western Flushing Avenue
All Saints Catholic Church at Flushing and Throop Avenues Throop Flushing church jeh.JPG
All Saints Catholic Church at Flushing and Throop Avenues

Flushing Avenue is a street running through northern Brooklyn and western Queens, beginning at Nassau Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and ending at Grand Avenue in Maspeth. It divides the neighborhood of Williamsburg from Clinton Hill and East Williamsburg from Bushwick. After crossing the Queens border, the avenue serves as the dividing line between Ridgewood, Queens and West Maspeth. Flushing Avenue then terminates in Maspeth. Despite its name, however, the avenue does not extend to Flushing.

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Route description

The avenue is primarily an industrial thoroughfare. On its extreme western end, it serves the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a former naval shipyard turned industrial park. [2] Part of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway bike path runs alongside Flushing Avenue in this area. [3] In this district, the south side of Flushing Avenue contains many abandoned business that were supported by sailors and ship workers before the government closed the yard.

Continuing eastward, Flushing Avenue crosses the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. This section of Flushing Avenue, between the expressway and Broadway, has seen considerable redevelopment over recent years by Williamsburg's Hasidic population, as young urban professionals have moved into the northern end of Williamsburg. The north side of Flushing Avenue in this section is a primarily residential area, whereas the south side is primarily industrial, the most notable exception being the Marcy Houses housing project. The Flushing Avenue subway station is at Flushing and Marcy Avenues.

Flushing Avenue forms the south side of the so-called "Broadway Triangle", bounded on the northeast by Broadway and on the west by Union Avenue, whose factories were largely abandoned shortly after the turn of the 21st century. The Triangle was rezoned as "residential" in December 2009. [4]

The commercial heart of Flushing Avenue is the intersection with Broadway and Graham Avenue, in the extreme southern end of Williamsburg. This business improvement district is serviced by the J and M trains' Flushing Avenue stop. In this area are cheap retail shopping, food shops and fast-food chains. This primarily Puerto Rican and Hasidic area is becoming increasingly populated with students and young professionals. [ citation needed ]

Near the intersection with Bushwick Avenue, residential Bushwick borders Flushing Avenue to the south, and the massive Bushwick Houses to the north. At Morgan and at Wyckoff Avenue, a community of artists and young professionals have moved into the low-rise lofts that were once abandoned. An effect of this gentrification was the opening of two bar-restaurants, Life Cafe and the Wreck Room, on an adjacent section of Flushing Avenue.[ citation needed ]

Continuing past Wyckoff Avenue, the avenue crosses into Queens, passes the historic Vander Ende-Onderdonk House Site (formerly in Brooklyn, now Queens), and becomes actively industrial on both sides. Upon entering Maspeth, it is a residential street.

History

In 1951, eighteen traffic signals at the western end of Flushing Avenue, as well as along Park Avenue in Fort Greene, were re-timed to increase the flow of traffic heading west to the Manhattan Bridge. [5]

Flushing Avenue has seen considerable decline since its heyday in the early and mid-20th century. Some sections began to gentrify, to varying degrees, at the turn of the 21st century. In 2004, the city began a project to upgrade the water and sewer infrastructure on the western part of the road, and to repave it; the project was completed in 2008.

Transportation

The B57 bus runs the entire length of the avenue. [6] There are two New York City Subway stations along Flushing Avenue. The G train stops at Flushing Avenue and Union Avenue. The J and M trains stop at Flushing Avenue and Broadway. The L train also stops nearby at the Jefferson Street station. [7]

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References

  1. Google (January 9, 2017). "Flushing Avenue" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  2. Hughes, C.J. (November 1, 2015). "Reinventing the Brooklyn Navy Yard". The New York Times. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  3. Kuntzman, Gersh (October 22, 2018). "Eyes on the Street: Flushing Avenue Bike Lane Takes Shape". Streetsblog New York City. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  4. Campbell, Andy (December 22, 2009). "Council OK's Broadway Triangle rezoning". Brooklyn Paper. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011.
  5. "New Traffic Signals; Progressive Operation Aids Manhattan Bridge Flow". The New York Times. August 2, 1951. Retrieved January 15, 2024; "Progressive Lights to Speed Traffic to Manhattan Bridge". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1951-08-02. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  6. "Brooklyn Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  7. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.

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