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Different boroughs? How about two different streets with the same name in the same borough!
Brooklyn has two Manhattan Avenues (Greenpoint & Sea Gate), and two Atlantic Avenues (Bed-Stuy and Sea Gate). There are also two completely different West 9 Streets.
But the all-city champion has to be Broadway--there's one in each borough.
Actually, Queens has 2 Broadways.
For a single borough, the winner has to be Linden Blvd. As I mentioned in another post, there are actually 3 different Linden Boulevards in Queens. One is mostly in Brooklyn, but its eastern end is in Queens. And the 2 other I mentioned are fully in Queens.
Another interesting topic would be, how many streets cross a borough line without changing names.
Broadway is the only continuous street that crosses between Manhattan and the Bronx. 3rd Avenue doess cross between the 2 boroughs, but it's not continuous, since 3rd Ave in Manhattan is one-way northbound, but the bridge is one-way southbound. Park Avenue also exists in both boroughs, but its bridge only carries the Metro North trains, it does not carry cars or even pedestrians, so it functions as 2 separate streets.
There are suprisingly few streets that keep their name when crossing between Brooklyn and Queens. The major ones I can think of are Atlantic Ave, Myrtle Ave, and Jamaica Ave. Technically, Linden Blvd should count too, since the one in Brooklyn does briefly enter Queens at its eastern end. Conduit Ave / Blvd doesn't really count, since it's Conduit Blvd in Brooklyn, but Conduit Ave in Queens. I'm sure there are others that I am missing. Maybe some side streets in the Ridgewood area?
Another interesting topic would be streets with the same name but different suffixes (Street, Avenue, Boulevard, etc). I always found it interesting that Queens has a Rockaway Blvd, and Brooklyn has a Rockaway Ave and a Rockaway Parkway, but none of them actually go to the Rockaways! How did they get their names? There is also Rockaway Freeway, but that does go to the Rockaways. Staten Island has a Richmond Avenue, Richmond Road, Richmond Terrace, and formerly a Richmond Parkway.
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For a single borough, the winner has to be Linden Blvd. As I mentioned in another post, there are actually 3 different Linden Boulevards in Queens. One is mostly in Brooklyn, but its eastern end is in Queens. And the 2 other I mentioned are fully in Queens.
Actually, there's 3. One in Howard Beach, one in Flushing, and one in Elmhurst.
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There is a Hillside Avenue in Queens and a Hillside Avenue in Manhattan.
There's actually 2 in Queens: One in Douglaston, and the more well-known one in Jamaica.
Plus, there's one on Staten Island (Grymes Hill)
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Staten Island has a Richmond Avenue, Richmond Road, Richmond Terrace, and formerly a Richmond Parkway.
There's more where that came from. Richmond Hill Road, Richmond Court, Richmond Place and probably a few others I can't think of right now.
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There are suprisingly few streets that keep their name when crossing between Brooklyn and Queens. The major ones I can think of are Atlantic Ave, Myrtle Ave, and Jamaica Ave.
You could also add Liberty Avenue, Metropolitan Avenue, and Greenpoint Avenue.
Actually, there's 3. One in Howard Beach, one in Flushing, and one in Elmhurst.
Are you talking about Linden Boulevards or Broadways? I assume Broadway. The one in Flushing and the one in Elmhurst are the same, so there are only 2 in Queens.
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There's more where that came from. Richmond Hill Road, Richmond Court, Richmond Place and probably a few others I can't think of right now.
Also, Port Richmond Ave.
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You could also add Liberty Avenue, Metropolitan Avenue, and Greenpoint Avenue.
Thanks. Any others, such as some side streets in the Ridgewood area?
Another interesting topic would be streets with the same name but different suffixes (Street, Avenue, Boulevard, etc). I always found it interesting that Queens has a Rockaway Blvd, and Brooklyn has a Rockaway Ave and a Rockaway Parkway, but none of them actually go to the Rockaways! How did they get their names? There is also Rockaway Freeway, but that does go to the Rockaways.
From the Rockaway Indians that inhabited the areas surrounding Jamaica Bay in the 1500s-1600s.
Rockaway Avenue actually runs into Rockaway Parkway which leads directly to Jamaica Bay.
Rockaway Boulevard runs into Rockaway Turnpike (in Nassau County) which leads you to the Rockaway Peninsula.
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From the Rockaway Indians that inhabited the areas surrounding Jamaica Bay in the 1500s-1600s.
That makes sense.
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Rockaway Avenue actually runs into Rockaway Parkway which leads directly to Jamaica Bay.
But not to the Rockaway peninsula.
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Rockaway Boulevard runs into Rockaway Turnpike (in Nassau County) which leads you to the Rockaway Peninsula.
But very indirectly, via the Nassau Expressway and Seagirt Blvd, the former of which did not even exist Rockaway Blvd was named.
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