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24-873: Atlantic Avenue may refer to: Highways [ edit ] Atlantic Avenue (Boston) in Massachusetts Atlantic Avenue (New York City) in Brooklyn and Queens, New York Florida State Road 806 in Palm Beach County, locally known as Atlantic Avenue Atlantic Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey , one of the city's many streets used in the game of Monopoly Atlantic Boulevard (Los Angeles County) , known as Atlantic Avenue for several miles of its length Commuter rail [ edit ] Atlantic Avenue Tunnel in Brooklyn, now

48-557: A grand union at the intersection of Summer and Atlantic. The Atlantic Avenue Elevated came in 1901 with an elevated station (also called South Station ) one block south of Dewey Square. It was closed in 1938 and torn down in the early 1940s; the Union Freight Railroad lasted until 1970. The next major change came in the 1950s when the Central Artery was built. The whole area on the north and south sides of

72-582: A historic site, opened in 1844 Atlantic Avenue station (Tri-Rail) , a proposed commuter rail station in Delray Beach, Florida Subway stations [ edit ] Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (New York City Subway) , a station complex at Flatbush and Fourth Avenues in Brooklyn, consisting of: Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (IRT Eastern Parkway Line) ; serving the 2 , ​ 3 , ​ 4 , and ​ 5 trains Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (BMT Brighton Line) ; serving

96-630: A local road, and in 1899 the Summer Street Bridge was built across Fort Point Channel . Also in 1899, Federal Street was closed south of Dewey Square to make way for the new South Station, and Atlantic Avenue was extended along the west side of the new terminal along with a realignment of the Union Freight Railroad . Around this time, the Boston Elevated Railway reorganized its streetcar tracks into

120-483: A temporary intercity bus depot for providers such as Peter Pan , Trailways and others was located just north of Dewey Square over the Central Artery. This temporary bus station replaced an earlier Trailways bus station that had been located in Park Square. All intercity buses were relocated in 1993 to the nearby South Station Bus Terminal just south of South Station, situated above the train tracks. The area

144-411: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Atlantic Avenue (Boston) What is now Atlantic Avenue was once part of Broad Street, only existing from the road still known as Broad Street south to Dewey Square (the front of South Station ). Federal Street (which now only goes north from Dewey Square) continued south from Dewey Square through

168-650: The B and ​ Q trains Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) ; serving the D , ​ N , ​ R , and ​ W trains Atlantic Avenue (BMT Fifth Avenue Line) ; demolished Atlantic Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) , a station at Van Sinderen Avenue in Brooklyn; serving the L train Music [ edit ] Atlantic Avenue, a song by Average White Band from their 1979 album Feel No Fret . See also [ edit ] Atlantic Boulevard (disambiguation) Atlantic station (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

192-584: The Big Dig put the Artery underground in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the full section along the Artery, as well as the southern end, was converted to one-way northbound, with southbound traffic on the other side, known in sections as Surface Artery, Purchase Street and again Surface Artery. The new northbound tunnel was built under Atlantic Avenue south of Dewey Square . Only the part curving away from

216-696: The Central Artery ( I-93 ) passing underneath in the Dewey Square Tunnel , which was built in the Big Dig . South Station is on the southeast corner of the square, with Amtrak and MBTA Commuter Rail services, as well as Red Line subway trains and Silver Line bus rapid transit underneath . It is named for the only Admiral of the Navy in U.S. history, George Dewey . The Dewey Square of New York City, also named after George Dewey in 1922 from its previous name of Kilpatrick Square,

240-609: The Artery to end at Commercial Street remained two-way. South of Kneeland Street, a ramp from the northbound Artery and its frontage road joins the intersection of Kneeland Street and Atlantic Avenue. By 1871, the Dorchester Avenue Railroad ran along Atlantic Avenue south of Broad Street (still called Broad Street at the time) as part of its route between downtown and Dorchester . However, 1872 and 1874 maps show these tracks removed in favor of tracks along Beach Street. An 1888 map appears to show tracks again, along

264-416: The center of Atlantic Avenue. Soon after, the road was realigned inland from Broad and High Streets most of the way to its north end, where it turned northeast and returned to its original alignment for the final block to Commercial Street, roughly along the old Mercantile and Richmond Streets . A short section of Old Atlantic Avenue exists in the original location between Milk and State Streets . When

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288-636: The current location of South Station to the Federal Street Bridge (now the Dorchester Street Bridge) and on to South Boston and points south. From 1868 to 1874, [1] the section north of Broad Street was built, taking it into Commercial Street, with which it formed a waterfront route around the North End , and the portion of Broad Street south of the new road was renamed Atlantic Avenue. This new alignment took it across

312-560: The full approach to South Station (the Boston and Albany and New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads), which after crossing the railroads immediately turned back to the south and crossed the Fort Point Channel . The road ended at the large intersection of Dorchester Avenue , Foundry Street and West First Street, serving the same purpose as Federal Street - taking vehicles to this intersection from Dewey Square . The viaduct

336-483: The full length of Atlantic Avenue (ending at the Commercial Street merge), and an 1897 map shows tracks not only on all of Atlantic Avenue but also on Commercial Street towards North Station . In 1872, the Union Freight Railroad was built along Atlantic Avenue, connecting freight lines on both sides of downtown. It was removed in 1970. The 1899 extension of Atlantic Avenue also resulted in a realignment of

360-471: The full length of Atlantic Avenue (northbound only along the Big Dig ). None of Atlantic Avenue has ever been part of a numbered state , U.S. or Interstate route. Dewey Square (Boston) Dewey Square is a square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts which lies at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue , Summer Street , Federal Street , Purchase Street and the John F. Kennedy Surface Road, with

384-445: The middle of several former wharves , notably Long Wharf , and the water west of Atlantic Avenue was filled in. The Union Freight Railroad was completed in 1872, taking freight between the lines on the north and south sides of downtown, and running along the middle of the full length of Atlantic Avenue. In 1899, South Station opened, and as part of that project Federal Street was closed south of Dewey Square , and Atlantic Avenue

408-544: The railroad. From 1901 to 1938 (torn down in the early 1940s), the Atlantic Avenue Elevated carried passengers above Atlantic Avenue north of Beach Street. By 1925, all streetcar tracks had been removed from the central part of downtown, and tracks along Atlantic Avenue north of Summer Street ( Dewey Square ) took streetcars around downtown. These too were gone by 1953. Buses on the 6 South Station - Haymarket Station via North End route now use

432-460: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Atlantic Avenue . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_Avenue&oldid=1215916886 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

456-404: The square (they had formerly operated as a one-way pair ). Summer Street has since reopened (as a two-way road), but Federal Street is still a pedestrian mall . The Big Dig in the late 1990s and early 2000s kept the one-way configurations north of the square, but now Atlantic Avenue continues as one-way (northbound) south of the square, and Surface Artery is one-way southbound. For some time,

480-400: The square was cleared, and the Artery was built underground via the Dewey Square Tunnel . Atlantic Avenue became one-way northbound and Purchase Street one way southbound to the north of the square, and the new Surface Artery came in as a two-way road above the tunnel heading southwest from the square. Between 1969 and 1978, Boston closed both Federal Street and Summer Street for a block west of

504-470: Was built. From Broad and High Streets south to Dewey Square , Atlantic Avenue was made one-way northbound as a frontage road for the Artery, with southbound traffic using Purchase Street on the other side of the Artery. Atlantic Avenue was kept two-way south of Dewey Square, where through traffic used the Surface Artery . The Union Freight Railroad was abandoned in 1970, removing tracks from

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528-487: Was extended south along a new alignment on the west side of South Station. The Union Freight Railroad, which had used Federal Street, was also realigned onto the new alignment. Just south of Kneeland Street, the railroad continued straight but Atlantic Avenue had a quick S-curve to shift to the west side of the railroad, where it slowly rose and then turned southeast onto the Atlantic Avenue Viaduct over

552-471: Was gone by 1923, and Atlantic Avenue was truncated to just south of Kneeland Street at the S-curve. Traffic formerly using Atlantic Avenue to South Boston now used Dorchester Avenue around the east side of South Station, or headed west on Kneeland Street and south on Albany Street to one of the other Fort Point Channel crossings. The next change happened in the 1950s, when the Central Artery (now I-93 )

576-467: Was renamed A. Philip Randolph Square in 1964 after A. Philip Randolph . The square was named in honor of Admiral George Dewey after his decisive 1898 victory in the Battle of Manila Bay . Before the Central Artery construction of the 1950s, it was simply an intersection with traffic islands and rail infrastructure, surrounded by buildings with no open space. In 1898, Summer Street was extended east as

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