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The Rockaway may have streets called Shore Front Parkway, and Cross Bay Parkway. I know both were parts of what were planned as a much larger project, so I don't know if either of those streets really exists or if those names are really used.
Shore Front Parkway exists. It runs from Beach 73rd Street to Beach 108th Street. It was planned to run the entire length of the Rockaway peninsula, but the plan never came to fruition. This is why you have oddities like building with a 57-15 Shore Front Parkway address, but there is no actual Shore Front Parkway near Beach 57th Street.
Cross Bay Parkway has a street sign, but is never used by the locals. It's that mall which is south of the El between Beach 94th and Beach 95th Streets.
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Queens has a bunch of smaller boulevards too, like Commonwealth Boulevard and Nashville Boulevard. There's even a Far Rockaway Boulevard that's only like 4 blocks long.
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Going back to boulevards: in Manhattan, "Boulevard" seems to mostly be used for honorary names, mostly in Harlem:
Martin Luther King Boulevard = 125th Street
Malcolm X Boulevard = Lexington Ave
Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard = 7th Ave in Harlem
Frederick Douglass Boulevard = 8th Ave in Harlem
Juan Pablo Durate Boulevard = St. Nicholas Ave
Duke Elington Boulevard = W. 106th Street (that might be the only one outside of Harlem)
I made a typo. Malcolm X Boulevard = Lenox Ave (not Lexington). Also, I checked, and Juan Pablo Durate Boulevard is only the section of St. Nicholas Ave in Washington Heights, not the part in Harlem.
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The only Boulevard in Manhattan that I can think of offhand that has no other name is Cabrini Boulevard, in Washington Heights, which, ironically, is a fairly narrow street.
Not in Manhattan, but in the Bronx, another example of an honorary boulevard:
Celia Cruz Boulevard = Fordham Road
Other boulevards in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island have already been discussed. But one other major boulevard that hasn't been mentioned yet is McGuinness Blvd, in Brooklyn.
Are there any non-honorary boulevards in Manhattan? Did Cabrini Boulevard ever have another name? Is Celia Cruz Boulevard the only honorary boulevard in the Bronx? I know it has several real boulevards, which have already been discussed. Do Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island have any honorary boulevards?
I made a typo. Malcolm X Boulevard = Lenox Ave (not Lexington). Also, I checked, and Juan Pablo Durate Boulevard is only the section of St. Nicholas Ave in Washington Heights, not the part in Harlem.
Are there any non-honorary boulevards in Manhattan? Did Cabrini Boulevard ever have another name? Is Celia Cruz Boulevard the only honorary boulevard in the Bronx? I know it has several real boulevards, which have already been discussed. Do Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island have any honorary boulevards?
Queens has Guy R. Brewer Blvd and Francis Lewis Blvd. Guy R. Brewer Blvd is a narrow 2 way street that goes from Jamaica Avenue to Rockaway Blvd. In South Jamaica, numerous housing projects are located on it. It use to be called New York Blvd.
Francis Lewis Blvd is named in honor of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, same with the park and high school. Unlike Guy Brewer, it's a big street, and stretches from Rosedale to Whitestone, making it one of the longest streets in Queens.
Queens has Guy R. Brewer Blvd and Francis Lewis Blvd. Guy R. Brewer Blvd is a narrow 2 way street that goes from Jamaica Avenue to Rockaway Blvd. In South Jamaica, numerous housing projects are located on it. It use to be called New York Blvd.
Francis Lewis Blvd is named in honor of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, same with the park and high school. Unlike Guy Brewer, it's a big street, and stretches from Rosedale to Whitestone, making it one of the longest streets in Queens.
Do those count as "honorary" boulevards? I think Guy R. Brewer and Francis Lewis are their official names, and I don't think the names New York Blvd and Cross Island Blvd are used anymore. But I could be wrong.
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Riverside Boulevard
I had never heard of Riverside Boulevard before (I knew Riverside Drive), but I found it on the map. Is it actually referred to locally by that name?
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