Lefferts Boulevard is a major north–south thoroughfare in

Queens Queens is the largest by area of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the ...

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, running through the communities of

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, Richmond Hill, and

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. Its northern end is at Kew Gardens Road, in Kew Gardens, and its southern end is located within

John F. Kennedy International Airport John F. Kennedy International Airport is a major international airport serving New York City and its metropolitan area. JFK Airport is located on the southwestern shore of Long Island, in Queens, New York City, bordering Jamaica Bay. It is ...

. Lefferts Boulevard intersects with other major roads such as

Metropolitan Avenue Metropolitan Avenue is a major east-west street in Queens and northern Brooklyn, New York City. Its western end is at the East River in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and the eastern end at Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. The avenue was construc ...

Jamaica Avenue Jamaica Avenue is a major avenue in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, New York, in the United States. Jamaica Avenue's western end is at Fulton Street and Broadway, as a continuation of East New York Avenue, in Brooklyn's ...

, and Atlantic Avenue. It is 119th Street for its entire run.

Name

The road is named for the influential Lefferts family, who played a significant role in the development of the area. The family, who extended their land holdings also in

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, and

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, was among the early Dutch settlers in the region, and their presence and contributions left a lasting mark on the community.

Transportation

Under

MTA Regional Bus Operations MTA Regional Bus Operations (RBO) is the Public transport bus service, bus operations division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City. The MTA operates local, limited-stop, express, and Select Bus Service (bus rapid transit ...

, Lefferts Boulevard is served by the following: * The Q10 Limited serves the entire boulevard north of Pan Am Road, and is joined with the express at 135th Avenue and the Q10 local at Rockaway Boulevard. All Q10 service to JFK Airport originates at Austin Street. ** Under the Queens Bus Redesign, all Q10 buses would serve the Limited portion. * The runs between 133rd and 135th Avenues. The following

New York City Subway The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City serving the New York City boroughs, boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Tr ...

stations serve the corridor: *

Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike station Kew () is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 11,436. Kew is the location of the Kew Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Si ...

, just west of the boulevard's north end, is served by the

IND Queens Boulevard Line The IND Queens Boulevard Line, sometimes abbreviated as QBL, is a line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan and Queens, New York City. The line, which is underground throughout its entire route, contains 23 stations. The ...

(). * The

BMT Jamaica Line The BMT Jamaica Line, formerly known as the Broadway (Brooklyn) Line, is an elevated rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn and Queens. It runs from the Williamsburg Bridge southeast over Broadway to East ...

() crosses Lefferts Boulevard at Jamaica Avenue, with the closest station being one block east at 121st Street. * The

IND Fulton Street Line The IND Fulton Street Line is a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway, running from the Cranberry Street Tunnel under the East River through central Brooklyn to a terminus in Ozone Park, Queens. The IND Rockawa ...

() stops at the

Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard station The Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard station is an elevated terminal station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Lefferts Boulevard and Liberty Avenue in Queens. It serves as the terminus of ...

at Liberty Avenue. Near its southern end, the boulevard is also served by

AirTrain JFK AirTrain JFK is an elevated people mover system and airport rail link serving John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK Airport) in New York City. The driverless train, driverless system operates 24/7 service, 24/7 and consists of three lin ...

at said stop. * The and buses are currently using the boulevard to terminate at the AirTrain stop due to construction at JFK Airport’s Terminal 5, respectively north from Pan Am Road and south from either Nassau Expressway (JFK), or North Conduit Avenue (Brooklyn).

References

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