Astoria Boulevard, New York City

Name: Astoria Boulevard
Address: New York City, United States

#1916 among attractions in New York City

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Astoria Boulevard is an important east-west commercial street in Astoria and East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City. It runs from 1st Street at the East River to the World's Fair Marina on Flushing Bay, where it merges with Northern Boulevard. Just before the junction of the two boulevards, there is a large two lane ramp leading to the Whitestone Expressway. Most of the traffic on Astoria Boulevard heads toward this ramp, and then onto the Expressway. ()

Coordinates: 40°45'51"N, 73°52'58"W

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Northwestern Queens (Jackson Heights)New York City United States

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Astoria Boulevard – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lent Homestead and Cemetery, Marine Air Terminal, Steinway Mansion, Rikers Island Bridge.

0.8 miNW
Cemetery, Colonial architecture
Lent Homestead and Cemetery, New York City
20 min walk • The Riker-Lent-Smith Homestead and Cemetery are a historic house and cemetery in East Elmhurst, New York. The neighborhood, within the New York City borough of Queens, is called Steinway in the National Register of Historic Places designation document.
0.7 miN
Art Deco architecture, Streamline Moderne architecture
Marine Air Terminal, New York City
18 min walk • The Marine Air Terminal is an airport terminal located at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York City. The Marine Air Terminal, an Art Deco building opened in 1939 by William Delano of the firm Delano & Aldrich, is the only active airport terminal dating from the first generation of passenger air travel in the United States.
1.2 miNW
Italianate architecture
Steinway Mansion, New York City
32 min walk • The Steinway Mansion is a home on a one-acre hilltop in the Astoria section of Queens, New York City. It was built in 1858, originally on 440 acres on the Long Island Sound, by Benjamin Pike Jr. born in 1809, a noted manufacturer of scientific instruments located in lower Manhattan.
1.2 miN
Bridge
Rikers Island Bridge, New York City
32 min walk • Rikers Island Bridge is a girder bridge that connects Rikers Island in the borough of the Bronx with the borough of Queens in New York City. The bridge begins in the Steinway neighborhood of Queens near the intersection of Hazen Street and 19th Avenue and continues to the south side of Rikers Island.
~990 ftE
Park
One Room Schoolhouse Park, New York City
5 min walk • One Room Schoolhouse Park is a small park located on the southeast corner of Astoria Boulevard and 90th Street in the East Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, New York City. Its name recalls the site of Queens's last one-room schoolhouse, demolished in 1934.
1.5 miSE
Park
Park of the Americas, New York City
40 min walk • Linden Park, officially known as Park of the Americas, is a 3.08-acre park located in the center of the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City.
1.3 miSE
Museum
Louis Armstrong House Museum, New York City
33 min walk • The Louis Armstrong House is a historic house museum at 34-56 107th Street in the Corona neighborhood of Queens in New York City. It was the home of Louis Armstrong and his wife Lucille Wilson from 1943 until his death in 1971. Lucille gave ownership of it to the city of New York in order to create a museum focused on her husband.
0.9 miE
Neighbourhood
East Elmhurst, New York City
25 min walk • East Elmhurst is a residential neighborhood in the northwest section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded to the south by Jackson Heights and Corona, to the north and east by Bowery Bay, and to the west by Woodside and Ditmars Steinway.
0.9 miS
Neighbourhood
Jackson Heights, New York City
24 min walk • Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the borough of Queens in New York City. Jackson Heights is neighbored by North Corona to the east, Elmhurst to the south, Woodside to the west, northern Astoria to the northwest, and East Elmhurst to the northeast.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Astoria Boulevard?

Nearby attractions include One Room Schoolhouse Park, New York City (5 min walk), Marine Air Terminal, New York City (18 min walk), Lent Homestead and Cemetery, New York City (20 min walk), Jackson Heights, New York City (24 min walk).

How to get to Astoria Boulevard by public transport?

The nearest stations to Astoria Boulevard:

Bus

Astoria Blvd & 87 St • Lines: Q19 (1 min walk)

Metro

90th Street–Elmhurst Avenue • Lines: 7 (30 min walk)
82nd Street–Jackson Heights • Lines: 7 (30 min walk)