Roosevelt Avenue and Greenpoint Avenue are main thoroughfares in the

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and

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. Roosevelt Avenue begins at 48th Street and

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in the neighborhood of Sunnyside. West of Queens Boulevard, the road is named Greenpoint Avenue and continues through Sunnyside and

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across the

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into the borough of Brooklyn, terminating at WNYC Transmitter Park on the

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in the neighborhood of Greenpoint. Roosevelt Avenue goes through Woodside, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Corona,

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(adjacent to

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) and Flushing. In Flushing, Roosevelt Avenue ends at 156th Street and

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History

Roosevelt Avenue was nationally recognized for its cuisine when '' Good Magazine'' named it one of "America's Tastiest Streets". It’s also well known for its diversity of cultural representation, ranging from Indian to Latin American, while in the 2020s,

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is undergoing rapid

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by Chinese transnational entities. More than three hundred languages are spoken along the street, and the neighborhoods it passes through are described as the most ethnically diverse in the world. Roosevelt Avenue is a known area for

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Landmarks

Structures along the avenues include Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory on the western end of Greenpoint Avenue and the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant just west of the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge. The eastern end of Roosevelt Avenue contains the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Flushing.

Transportation

The corridor is served by the following subway lines: * The trains run on the elevated IRT Flushing Line tracks above the street with ten stations until it reaches Flushing – Main Street, its eastern terminus. The rail line opened in 1917, when Roosevelt Avenue was formed from the combination of other streets into one main avenue. * The street, itself named after

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and

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, provides the name for the Roosevelt Avenue / 74th Street station ( trains) in Jackson Heights. * The train stops at the

Greenpoint Avenue Roosevelt Avenue and Greenpoint Avenue are main thoroughfares in the New York City boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn. Roosevelt Avenue begins at 48th Street and Queens Boulevard in the neighborhood of Sunnyside. West of Queens Boulevard, the ...

station located at Greenpoint Avenue and Manhattan Avenue. The following bus routes serve Roosevelt: * The runs between Queens Boulevard and either 81st Street (Jackson Heights), or 82nd Street (Midtown, Manhattan). * The runs between 108th and Main Streets. Flushing service heads west on Roosevelt non-stop from Union Street to Main Street before switching to LaGuardia Airport. * The runs between Broadway and 61st Street, where it terminates. * The runs between 69th Street and either 74th Street (LaGuardia Airport), or 75th Street (Glendale). * The runs between Broadway and either 82nd Street (Jackson Heights), or 83rd Street (East Elmhurst). * Most buses run from 83rd Street to 82nd Street, where it terminates. * The East Elmhurst-bound runs from Broadway to 74th Street. * The run between Bowne and Union Streets. In addition, Main Street is a drop-off stop for the Q26 to Flushing, and a pick-up stop for the Q15 to Beechhurst. * The Nassau-bound n20G runs from Bowne Street to Main Street. * The westbound and buses run from Prince Street to Main Street, where service originates. The is the only bus route to serve Greenpoint Avenue, from 47th Street to West Street (Greenpoint), and from Manhattan Avenue to 48th Street (Williamsburg). Greenpoint service runs east on the avenue non-stop from Franklin Street to Manhattan Avenue before switching to Williamsburg.

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History

Landmarks

Transportation

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