Grand Central Parkway

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Grand Central Parkway

Reference Route 907M

Length:

14.61 mi^[1] (23.51 km)

Formed:

1936

West end:

I-278 in Astoria

Major
junctions:

I-495 in Flushing Meadows Park

I-678/Jackie Robinson in Kew Gardens

I-295 near Terrace Heights

Cross Island in Glen Oaks

East end:

Northern at Queens-Nassau Co. border

Counties:

Queens

New York State Reference Routes

The Grand Central Parkway, unsigned New York State Reference Route 907M, is a parkway that stretches from the Triborough Bridge in New York City to Nassau County in Long Island. At the Queens-Nassau border, it becomes the Northern State Parkway, which runs in the Northern part of Long Island through Nassau County and into Suffolk County, where it ends in Smithtown. The westernmost stretch (from the Triborough Bridge to Exit 4) also carries a short stretch of Interstate 278. The parkway runs through Queens and passes the Cross Island Parkway, Long Island Expressway, LaGuardia Airport and Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets.

The Grand Central Parkway was first planned in 1922, as a connection between Queens Boulevard and Nassau County, helping city dwellers reach Jones Beach easier. Construction for the Parkway began in 1931, and the parkway was widened in 1961 in preparation for the 1964 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

The Grand Central Parkway has a few unique distinctions. First, it is apparently the only parkway in New York City to carry an elliptical black-on-white design for its trailblazer. Parkways throughout The Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island use the state-standard design, while the Belt system parkways use a modified version of the Long Island regional parkway shield with the Montauk Point Lighthouse logo. Second, it is one of the few parkways in the state to allow truck traffic to any extent. The section shared with Interstate 278 allows for small trucks-larger ones still cannot pass under the intentionally-designed low underpasses. They have to travel on Astoria Boulevard, the local service road, to reach the bridge.

[edit] Exit list

This section contains a table that is missing mileposts for one or more junctions. You can help by adding the missing mileposts.

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Queens	Steinway	terminates. Western terminus of Interstate 278/GCP duplex.
			45 (Old Exit 3)	Hoyt Avenue	Park and Ride.
		Eastern terminus of Interstate 278/GCP duplex.
			4	I-278 west
	East Elmhurst		5	LaGuardia Airport - Marine Air Terminal
	North Beach		6	94th Street	Eastbound only.
			7	LaGuardia Airport - Main Terminal
			8	111th Street	Eastbound only.
	Flushing		9E	I-678 north/ NY 25A east	To Whitestone Bridge. Park and Ride.
	Flushing		9W	NY 25A Northern Blvd west	Westbound only. Left-hand exit.
	Flushing Meadows-Corona Park		9P	Flushing Meadows-Corona Park	Westbound only.
	Flushing Meadows-Corona Park		10W-E	I-495 (Long Island Expressway)	Exit 10W: to Queens-Midtown Tunnel.
			11W-E	69th Road, Jewel Avenue	Single exit; eastbound only.
			12	NY 25 (Queens Boulevard) - 78th Avenue	Eastbound exit only. Park and Ride.
	Kew Gardens		13	I-678 north/ Jackie Robinson Parkway west	I-678 north: to Bronx-Whitestone Bridge. Westbound: left-hand exit.
			14	Union Turnpike, Main Street	Eastbound exit only.
			15	NY 25 (Queens Blvd)	Westbound exit only.
	Jamaica		16	Parsons Blvd, 164th Street	Eastbound exit only.
			17	168th Street	To south. Westbound exit only.
			18	Utopia Parkway	Eastbound exit only.
	Hollis		19	188th Street
	Hollis			Cunningham Park service area	Left-hand exit in both directions.
	Queens Village		20S-N	Francis Lewis Boulevard	Actually signed as 20B and 20A.
			21S-N	I-295 (Clearview Expressway)	Exit 21N: to Throgs Neck Bridge. Exit 21S: to NY 25.
			22	Union Turnpike	Eastbound exit only.
			23S-N	Cross Island Parkway	Exit 23N: Throgs Neck Bridge, Whitestone Bridge.
	Glen Oaks		24	Little Neck Parkway
Nassau County line. becomes the Northern State Parkway.

edit New York City parkways
Manhattan	FDR East River Drive - Harlem River Drive - Henry Hudson
The Bronx	Bronx River - Henry Hudson - Hutchinson River - Mosholu - Pelham
Brooklyn-Queens	Belt Parkway system: Cross Island - Laurelton - Shore - Southern Others: Grand Central - Jackie Robinson (Interborough) Former: Gowanus - Whitestone - Long Island Motor Parkway
Staten Island	Korean War Veterans (Richmond) Former: Willowbrook Proposed: Wolfe's Pond