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{{Short description|Boulevard in Queens, New York}}
[[File:RckwyBlvdLftsBlvd.JPG|thumb|250px|In [[South Ozone Park, Queens|South Ozone Park]]]]
{{for|the subway station|Rockaway Boulevard station}}
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| former_names = Rockaway Road<br>Rockaway Plank Road
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| terminus_a = Eldert Lane in [[Woodhaven, Queens|Woodhaven]]
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = Rockaway Turnpike in [[Lawrence, Nassau County, New York|Lawrence]]
| junction = {{jct|state=NY|I|678}} in [[South Ozone Park, Queens|South Ozone Park]]<br>{{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Belt|NY|27}} in [[Springfield Gardens, Queens|Springfield Gardens]]<br>{{jct|state=NY|NY|878}} in Springfield Gardens
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'''Rockaway Boulevard''' is a major road in the [[New York City]] borough of [[Queens]]. Unlike the similarly named [[Rockaway Beach Boulevard]] and [[Rockaway Freeway]], it serves mainland Queens and does not enter [[Rockaway, Queens|the Rockaways]].
 
==Route description==
'''Rockaway Boulevard''' is a major road in the [[New York City]] borough of [[Queens]]. It begins as an undivided road at Eldert Lane, a small one-way street that runs along the border between Queens and [[Brooklyn]]. West of [[Atlantic Avenue (New York City)|Atlantic Avenue]], it is a two-lane road. When it crosses [[Atlantic Avenue (New York City)|Atlantic Avenue]], it widens to four lanes.
 
Rockaway Boulevard generally runs east-southeast. It crosses the [[Van Wyck Expressway]] ([[I-678]]) and the Belt Parkway. Just south of the parkway, the Queens segment of the [[Nassau Expressway]] ([[NY 878]]) ends at Rockaway Boulevard, in a Y-shaped, at-grade junction. Rockaway Boulevard becomes a six-lane divided road at this point and continues southeast to the Queens-[[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]] border, where it splits. One branch continues as '''Rockaway Turnpike''' ([[County Route 257 (Nassau County, New York)|Nassau County Route 257]]), and the other leads to the southern part of [[NY 878]]. Rockaway Boulevard and Rockaway Turnpike were formerly known as '''Rockaway Road''' (or '''Rockaway Plank Road''') and the '''Jamaica and Rockaway Turnpike'''. The portion of Rockaway Turnpike in Queens (a separate road towards [[Jamaica, Queens|Jamaica]]) is now called [[Sutphin Boulevard]].<ref name="Legislature1920">{{cite book|author=[[Government of New York|New York (State). Legislature. Senate]]|author-link=Government of New York (state)|title=New York Legislative Documents: One Hundred and Forty-Third Session|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=LrcaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA159|year=1920|pages=159–161}}</ref><ref name="Senate1913">{{cite book|author=[[Government of New York|New York (State). Legislature. Senate]]|author-link=Government of New York (state)|title=Documents of the Senate of the State of New York|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=nqslAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA594|year=1913|pages=593–603}}</ref><ref name=CityRecord-SutphinRkwy-1922>{{cite journal|last1=Tuttle|first1=Arthur S.|title=Street System-Territory Bounded by Van Wyck Boulevard, Foc Boulevard, 140th Street, 116th Avenue, Sutphin Boulevard (Rockaway Turnpike), and 120th Avenue. Borough of Queens-Approval of Map Showing Subdivision of Private Property (Cal. No. 118)|journal=[[The City Record]]|date=October 27, 1922|volume=50|issue=9–10|pages=6998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nds9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA6998|access-date=1 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=NYPLQnsPlate41-1909>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-12db-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Plate 41: Bounded by Bergen Landing Road, Rockaway Plank Road, Rockaway Turnpike, Meyer Avenue, New York Avenue, Farmers Avenue, Rockaway Plank Road, (Idlewild Park)Three Mile Road and (Richmond Hill Circle) Old South Road., (1909) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |access-date=January 1, 2016 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lennox, and Tilden Foundation}}</ref>
 
==Parks along Rockaway Boulevard==
As Rockaway Boulevard cuts diagonally through the rectangular street grid of southeastern Queens, triangular intersections that were too small to develop were designated as parks. These include Legion Triangle, Dixon Triangle, [[Lynch Triangle]], Ruoff Triangle, Corporal Ruoff Square, Wellbrook Triangle, O'Connell Square, [[Catholic War Veterans Triangle]], and Sergeant Colyer Square. Larger parks along the route include Playground One Forty, [[Baisley Pond Park]], and Idlewild Park.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
 
==Transportation==
Rockaway Boulevard is served by the following:
The [[Rockaway Boulevard (IND Fulton Street Line)|Rockaway Boulevard]] station ({{NYCS Fulton east}} train) of the [[New York City Subway]] serves the boulevard at the intersection of [[Cross Bay Boulevard|Cross Bay]], Rockaway, and [[Woodhaven Boulevard|Woodhaven]] Boulevards. In addition, the {{NYC bus link|Q6|Q7|Q113}} and {{NYC bus link|Q114}} run along parts of the boulevard.<ref>[http://mta.info/busco/schedules/q006cur.pdf Q6] bus schedule</ref><ref>[http://mta.info/busco/schedules/q007cur.pdf Q7] bus schedule</ref>
* The [[IND Fulton Street Line]] ({{NYCS Fulton east}} train) of the [[New York City Subway]] has a [[Rockaway Boulevard (IND Fulton Street Line)|station]] located at the intersection of [[Cross Bay Boulevard|Cross Bay]], Rockaway, [[Woodhaven Boulevard|Woodhaven]] Boulevards, and [[Liberty Avenue (New York City)|Liberty Avenue]].
* The {{NYC bus link|Q7}} is the primary bus server of the boulevard, running between 150th Street and the Rockaway Boulevard station, the two rush hour terminals.<ref>[http://mta.info/busco/schedules/q007cur.pdf Q7] bus schedule</ref> Under the Queens Bus Redesign, it has been proposed to reroute the Q7 further along the boulevard to its western end.
* The {{NYC bus link|Q6}} runs on the corridor between [[Sutphin Boulevard]] and Farmers Boulevard.<ref>[http://mta.info/busco/schedules/q006cur.pdf Q6] bus schedule</ref>
* The {{NYC bus link|Q113}} and {{NYC bus link|Q114}} run between Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and [[New York State Route 878|Nassau Expressway]]. The Q113 heads west on the expressway, while the Q114 continues on the Turnpike portion to Mott Avenue. It is joined by the N31 from West Broadway, which continues until Central Avenue.
* {{NYC bus link|Q10}} local buses serve the boulevard between Lefferts Boulevard and 130th Street. Under the Redesign, this portion is to be eliminated as all Q10 buses would be labeled “Limited”.
* The {{NYC bus link|Q37}} runs between 114th Street and either Aqueduct Road ([[Aqueduct Racetrack]]/Resorts Casino), or 111th Street (Q37B).
* The {{NYC bus link|Q41}} runs between the Rockaway Boulevard station and 109th Avenue.
* The {{NYC bus link|Q40}} runs between 142nd and 143rd Streets.
* Westbound {{NYC bus link|Q112}} buses run from 99th Street to the Rockaway Boulevard station, where it terminates.
 
Under the Redesign, a new route would also terminate at the Rockaway Boulevard station, but provide service from Linden Boulevard. Cambria Heights-bound service would originate at 99th Street. This route would be given the Q51 label.
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[httphttps://www.angelfire.com/ny4/expwy/sr/phrbfarmers.htm Rockaway & Farmers Boulevards (Jeff Saltzman's Expressway Site)]
*[https://forgotten-ny.com/2019/05/triangles-of-rockaway-boulevard/ Triangles of Rockaway Boulevard (Forgotten-NY)]
 
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{{Queens Streets}}
{{Brooklyn Streets}}
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[[Category:Streets in Queens, New York]]
 
[[Category:Streets in Brooklyn]]
 
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