CROSS BAY BOULEVARD

'Cross Bay Boulevard' is the main north-south road in Howard Beach, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. In the south, it originates in The Rockaways, runs over the Cross Bay Bridge into Broad Channel and then over the Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge into Howard Beach. It then continues north into Ozone Park, where the name changes to Woodhaven Boulevard north of Rockaway Boulevard. Residents often refer to Cross Bay Boulevard as simply "The Boulevard."
Cross Bay Boulevard is served by two main local buses, and a limited stop bus. The Q21 runs down the majority of Cross Bay Boulevard from Liberty Avenue to Rockaway Park, though the line runs infrequently. The Q41 runs on Cross Bay Boulevard from Liberty Avenue to 164th Avenue in Howard Beach, and also goes through Lindenwood. There is also the Q53, a limited stop bus that only stops at certain bus stops. The Q53 runs downs the entire stretch of both Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevard, and acts like a limited stop version of both the Q11 (Woodhaven Boulevard's main local bus) and Q21.
Since Cross Bay Boulevard essentially picks ups where Woodhaven Boulevard left off, it is a big street, although it isn't as wide as Woodhaven Boulevard. It is a 6 lanes wide, median divided boulevard throughout the majority of its stretch (although it shrinks to 4 lanes once it reaches Broad Channel). It is often a very busy street as well, mainly due to the fact that it is the only way to get to Broad Channel or Far Rockaway from Queens by car, without having to go into Nassau County or Brooklyn. Like Queens Boulevard, many cameras are being installed along Cross Bay Boulevard.
The Broad Channel roadbed of Cross Bay Boulevard was constructed over an aborted turnpike built by a syndicate headed by Patrick Flynn from 1899 to 1901.
Woodhaven Boulevard continues north until finally ending just north of the Long Island Expressway at Queens Boulevard, near the Queens Center mall.

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External links

★ Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach.com

★ Proposed Cross Bay-Woodhaven Expressway @ NYCROADS.com

Other sources

Vincent F. Seyfried, ''The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History'', Part Five, published by the author, Garden City, New York, 1966.