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Atlantic Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)
Atlantic Avenue may refer to: Highways * Atlantic Avenue (Boston) in Massachusetts * Atlantic Avenue (New York City) in Brooklyn and Queens, New York * Florida State Road 806 in Palm Beach County, locally known as Atlantic Avenue * Atlantic Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, one of the city's many streets used in the game of Monopoly * Atlantic Boulevard (Los Angeles County), known as Atlantic Avenue for several miles of its length Commuter rail * Atlantic Avenue Tunnel in Brooklyn, now a historic site, opened in 1844 * Atlantic Avenue station (Tri-Rail), a proposed commuter rail station in Delray Beach, Florida Subway stations *Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (New York City Subway), a station complex at Flatbush and Fourth Avenues in Brooklyn, consisting of: ** Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (IRT Eastern Parkway Line); serving the trains ** Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (BMT Brighton Line); serving the trains **Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (BMT Fourth Av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Avenue (Boston)
Atlantic Avenue is a street in Downtown Boston, downtown Boston, Massachusetts, partly serving as a frontage road for the Big Dig (Boston, Massachusetts), underground Central Artery (I-93) and partly running along the Boston Harbor. It has a long history, with several relocations along the way. History What is now Atlantic Avenue was once part of Broad Street, only existing from the road still known as Broad Street south to Dewey Square (Boston), Dewey Square (the front of South Station (Boston), South Station). Federal Street (Boston), Federal Street (which now only goes north from Dewey Square) continued south from Dewey Square through the current location of South Station to the Federal Street Bridge (now the Dorchester Street Bridge) and on to South Boston and points south. From 1868 to 187the section north of Broad Street was built, taking it into Commercial Street, with which it formed a waterfront route around the North End, Boston, Massachusetts, North End, and the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Avenue (New York City)
Atlantic Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the New York City borough (New York City), boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. It stretches from the Brooklyn waterfront on the East River all the way to Jamaica, Queens. Atlantic Avenue runs parallel to Fulton Street, Brooklyn, Fulton Street for much of its course through Brooklyn, where it serves as a border between the neighborhoods of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, Prospect Heights and Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Fort Greene and between Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Crown Heights, and between Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, Cobble Hill. This stretch of avenue is known for having a high rate of pedestrian fatalities and has been described as "the killing fields of the city." Atlantic Avenue is the sole east–west through truck route across Brooklyn, mostly serving the purpose of the canceled Bushwick Expressway (Interstate 78 (New York), Interstate 78) and the Brooklyn portion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida State Road 806
State Road 806 (SR 806), locally known as Atlantic Avenue, is the primary east–west highway of Delray Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida. Not to be confused with parallel Atlantic Boulevard ( SR 814) to the south, Atlantic Avenue extends from U.S. Route 441 (US 441) and SR 7 eastward to SR A1A just north of Highland Beach. East of Military Trail ( County Road 809 or CR 809), SR 806 is in the city of Delray Beach; to the west of Military Trail, the road stretches through unincorporated Palm Beach County in the CDPs of High Point, Kings Point, and the Villages of Oriole. Along with the north-south Swinton Avenue (one-half mile west of the one-way pair forming US 1 and its hidden designation, SR 5), Atlantic Avenue forms the north-south dividing line for Delray Beach addresses. West of Swinton Avenue, SR 806 technically runs along West Atlantic Avenue, with East Atlantic Avenue forming the short distance (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, sometimes referred to by its initials A.C., is a Jersey Shore seaside resort city (New Jersey), city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Atlantic City comprises the second half of the Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey, Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of Atlantic County for statistical purposes. Both Atlantic City and Hammonton, as well as the surrounding Atlantic County, are culturally tied to Philadelphia and constitute part of the larger Philadelphia metropolitan area or Delaware Valley, the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area as of 2020. Located in South Jersey on Absecon Island and known for its taxis, casinos, nightlife, Boardwalk (entertainment district), boardwalk, and Atlantic Ocean beaches and coastline, the city is prominently known as the "Las Vegas of the East Coast" and inspired the U.S. version of the board game ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Boulevard (Los Angeles County)
Atlantic Boulevard, also known as Atlantic Avenue or Los Robles Avenue, is a major north–south thoroughfare in eastern Los Angeles County, California. Route The street passes through the cities of Alhambra, Monterey Park, East Los Angeles, Eastside Los Angeles, Commerce, Vernon, Maywood, Bell, Cudahy, South Gate, Lynwood, Compton, and Long Beach. Atlantic Boulevard starts off as a southerly continuation of Los Robles Avenue at Huntington Drive in northern Alhambra, and ends on East Ocean Boulevard in Downtown Long Beach.Christopher Hawthorne"Atlantic on the move: As Los Angeles' boulevards reassert their place in the public realm, the transformation along Atlantic offers glimpses of a new city identity taking shape."''Los Angeles Times'', May 12, 2012. Through most of its route from Maywood south, Atlantic travels parallel to the Long Beach Freeway and the Los Angeles River. South of Randolph Street, Atlantic Boulevard becomes Atlantic Avenue, roughly at the cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Avenue Tunnel
The Cobble Hill Tunnel (also known as the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel) is an abandoned Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) tunnel beneath Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City, running through the neighborhoods of Downtown Brooklyn and Cobble Hill. When open, it ran for about between Columbia Street and Boerum Place. It is the oldest railway tunnel beneath a city street in North America that was fully devoted to rail. It is also deemed the oldest subway tunnel in the world by the ''Guinness Book of World Records''. Construction and operation Originally built as an open cut, construction began in May 1844, and opened for use on December 3, 1844, but was not completely finished until mid-1845. It was built mainly to satisfy public demand for creation of a grade-separated right of way for the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad (later Long Island Rail Road) on its way to the South Ferry at the foot of Atlantic Street (later Atlantic Avenue), where passengers could catch ferries to Manh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Avenue Station (Tri-Rail)
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for separating the New World of the Americas (North America and South America) from the Old World of Afro-Eurasia (Africa, Asia, and Europe). Through its separation of Afro-Eurasia from the Americas, the Atlantic Ocean has played a central role in the development of human society, globalization, and the histories of many nations. While the Norse were the first known humans to cross the Atlantic, it was the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 that proved to be the most consequential. Columbus's expedition ushered in an age of exploration and colonization of the Americas by European powers, most notably Portugal, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom. From the 16th to 19th centuries, the Atlantic Ocean was the center of both an eponymous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Avenue (BMT Fifth Avenue Line)
Atlantic Avenue may refer to: Highways * Atlantic Avenue (Boston) in Massachusetts * Atlantic Avenue (New York City) in Brooklyn and Queens, New York * Florida State Road 806 in Palm Beach County, locally known as Atlantic Avenue * Atlantic Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, one of the city's many streets used in the game of Monopoly * Atlantic Boulevard (Los Angeles County), known as Atlantic Avenue for several miles of its length Commuter rail * Atlantic Avenue Tunnel in Brooklyn, now a historic site, opened in 1844 * Atlantic Avenue station (Tri-Rail), a proposed commuter rail station in Delray Beach, Florida Subway stations *Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (New York City Subway), a station complex at Flatbush and Fourth Avenues in Brooklyn, consisting of: **Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (IRT Eastern Parkway Line); serving the trains **Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (BMT Brighton Line); serving the trains **Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (BMT Fourth Aven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
