The Mespeatches were one of 13 Native American tribes who lived on Long Island, New York at the time of European contact.
130-627: The town of Maspeth, New York was named for the tribe. Their name "Mespeatches" translates as "an inundating tidal river," as determined by William Wallace Tooker. The former Mespeatche village is located on the high ground east of the Mount Zion Cemetery in Maspeth. This article relating to the Indigenous peoples of North America is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Maspeth, New York Maspeth
260-463: A Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel to diminish truck traffic across New York City. It is opposed by residents who do not want more trucks in Maspeth. The Elmhurst gas tanks were formerly located in the area and were demolished in 2001. They are now the site of Elmhurst Park. The Maspeth gas tanks were also located in the area until they were demolished. Single and multi-family dwellings make up most of Maspeth. There are few apartment buildings, except for
390-538: A New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, Squad 288/Hazardous Materials Co. 1, at 56–29 68th Street. Another fire station, Engine Co. 291/Ladder Co. 140, is located at 56–07 Metropolitan Avenue in Ridgewood, just outside the Maspeth border. The firehouse of Squad 288/Hazmat 1 was designed by Morgan & Trainer and opened in 1914. During the September 11 attacks in 2001, Squad 288/Hazmat 1 were among
520-677: A 90-mile (140 km) highway, the Central Motor Expressway, extending east to Riverhead in Suffolk County , Long Island, were first reported by regional newspaper Newsday in late 1953. This length included the Queens–Midtown Expressway, as well as the section of the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway south of the junction with the Queens–Midtown Expressway. Suffolk County supervisors endorsed
650-541: A bond issue that would have funded the project. By 1976, officials were again seeking to widen I-495 using federal funds. The federal government gave $ 270 million (equivalent to $ 1.64 billion in 2023 ) for the widening of I-495 in the 1970s, but the state government decided in 1978 to divide this funding among several projects. The state allocated $ 80 million (equivalent to $ 293 million in 2023 ) to improve medians and widen shoulders on I-495 in Queens. By
780-551: A charter granted to Rev. Francis Doughty , making Maspeth the first English settlement in Queens. The deed that was signed between the Native Americans and the settlers was the first one signed on Long Island. As part of the deed's signature, the "Newtown Patent" granted 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) to settlers. Conflicts with the Maspat tribe forced many settlers to move to what is now Elmhurst in 1643. The settlement
910-561: A combination of advertising and free publicity in news articles, and they were heavily patronized even outside of peak hours. The lanes were completed on June 30, 2005, at which point they ran from exit 32 in eastern Queens to exit 64 at Medford in Suffolk County. The lanes had cost $ 880 million (equivalent to $ 1.32 billion in 2023 ) in total. NYSDOT officials estimated that, during rush hours, it would take 45 minutes to travel between exits 32 and 64 using
1040-767: A concession to homeowners, the HOV lanes were narrowed and built within the existing roadbed, and the bridges were largely kept as is. Starting in 1998, I-495 was rebuilt between exit 15 (Van Dam Street) and exit 22 (Grand Central Parkway). The renovation cost $ 200 million (equivalent to $ 349 million in 2023 ) and entailed renovating the highway's main and service roads, improving bridges, and replacing drains. The service roads for exit 19 were rebuilt between 74th Street and Queens Boulevard. There were also plans to rebuild westbound exit 16 to Greenpoint Avenue in Long Island City. The state announced
1170-538: A highway from Queens Boulevard to the Nassau County Line, in order to provide better access to Oakland Country Club, where he was a member. After his death, the boulevard he helped build was named for him. Horace Harding was not related to the former President Warren G. Harding . Heading into Nassau County, the expressway contains a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane in each direction, which begins at exit 33 and runs to central Suffolk County. I-495 and
1300-455: A low population of residents who are uninsured . In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 13%, slightly higher than the citywide rate of 12%. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , in Maspeth and Ridgewood is 0.008 milligrams per cubic metre (8.0 × 10 oz/cu ft), more than the city average. Twenty percent of Maspeth and Ridgewood residents are smokers , which
1430-652: A monorail to alleviate congestion on I-495 in Queens. These plans did not come to fruition, and, by the late 1960s, average rush-hour speeds were about five miles per hour (8.0 km/h). The Queens section of I-495 alone carried 180,000 vehicles per day. Major chokepoints existed at the interchanges with I-278, the Grand Central Parkway, I-678, I-295, and the Cross Island Parkway. The westbound roadway between Junction Boulevard and 108th Street also suffered from severe congestion, as did
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#17327973763021560-401: A plan to renovate I-495 in the vicinity of Alley Pond Park and the Cross Island Parkway in 1995. In 2000, Pataki and New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani announced that this segment of I-495 between exits 29 and 32, near Alley Pond Park and the Cross Island Parkway, would be rebuilt at a cost of $ 112 million (equivalent to $ 188 million in 2023 ). The project was announced after
1690-639: A population density of 37.3 inhabitants per acre (23,900/sq mi; 9,200/km ). The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 59.2% (18,080) White , 0.8% (253) African American , 0.1% (31) Native American , 12.0% (3,676) Asian , 0.0% (1) Pacific Islander , 0.4% (115) from other races , and 0.8% (245) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 26.6% (8,115) of the population. The entirety of Community Board 5, which comprises Maspeth, Ridgewood, Middle Village, and Glendale, had 166,924 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 81.4 years. This
1820-582: A six-lane elevated route, 10 stories above the city streets to allow for commercial development both above and below the skyway deck. At Second Avenue , it would swing north for connections with the FDR Drive. Between First and Second avenues, ramps would be constructed to provide access to the Queens–;Midtown Tunnel. In December 1965, Moses canceled his plans for the MME due to opposition from
1950-484: A slope to 64th Street. The apartment complex was built later. It is notable for a step street that descends the hill, as well as for a very old, graffiti-covered lamppost on that street. James Maurice used to live at a home at 1 Hill Street. It was sold in 1909. The house where Anton Fausner's wheelwright and wagonmaker's shop was located is on Grand Avenue just south of the LIE. Later, an auto shop, Maspeth Auto Parts,
2080-406: A small pocket park . When the LIE was built in the 1950s, it also demolished many streets; the construction of the LIE left many small triangular plazas behind, such as at 57th Road and 73rd Place, where the "Quick Brown Fox Park", another pocket park, is located. The park is named after a story about a quick brown fox . A sign at the intersection of Flushing , Grand , and Maspeth Avenues marks
2210-631: A system of highways that would traverse the New York City area. The plan was to cost $ 800 million (equivalent to $ 13.6 billion in 2023 ), and, in February 1945, the city agreed to pay $ 60 million (equivalent to $ 805 million in 2023 ) of that cost. That November, the city, state, and federal governments agreed to fund several new highways in New York City. Among these was the Queens Midtown Expressway, which
2340-430: Is a remnant of the neighborhood's previous name, although all traces of the former Laurel Hill railroad station are gone. Following waves of immigration during the 19th century, Maspeth was home to a shanty town of Boyash (Ludar) Gypsies between 1925 and 1939, though this was eventually bulldozed. By the 1970s, the neighborhood had become home primarily to German, Irish, Lithuanian, and Polish residents. Maspeth
2470-492: Is a residential and commercial community in the borough of Queens in New York City . It was founded in the early 17th century by Dutch and English settlers. Neighborhoods sharing borders with Maspeth are Woodside to the north; Sunnyside to the northwest; Greenpoint, Brooklyn to the west; East Williamsburg, Brooklyn to the southwest; Fresh Pond and Ridgewood to the south; and Middle Village and Elmhurst to
2600-720: Is about equal to the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 22% are between the ages of 0–17, 31% between 25 and 44, and 26% between 45 and 64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 8% and 13% respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community Board 5 was $ 71,234. In 2018, an estimated 19% of Maspeth and Ridgewood residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in all of New York City. One in seventeen residents (6%) were unemployed, compared to 8% in Queens and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or
2730-845: Is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in southeastern New York state. It is jointly maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), MTA Bridges and Tunnels (TBTA), and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ). East of the Queens–Midtown Tunnel , I-495 is known as the Long Island Expressway ( LIE ). Spanning approximately 66 miles (106 km), I-495 traverses Long Island from
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#17327973763022860-716: Is diverted onto a ramp leading to eastbound CR 58 , marking the east end of the route. There is one HOV lane in each direction, in the median of the highway, between exit 32 (Little Neck Parkway), near the Queens–Nassau border, to exit 64 (NY 112), in central Suffolk County. From 6:00 am to 10:00 am and from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm Monday through Friday, the HOV lanes are limited to busses, motorcycles, and Clean Pass vehicles without occupancy requirement and passenger vehicles with at least two occupants. Trailers and commercial trucks are always prohibited therein. Vehicles are only allowed to enter and exit
2990-413: Is higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Maspeth and Ridgewood, 19% of residents are obese , 7% are diabetic , and 20% have high blood pressure —compared to the citywide averages of 22%, 8%, and 23% respectively. In addition, 19% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Ninety-two percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which
3120-455: Is higher than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 78% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", equal to the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Maspeth and Ridgewood, there are 5 bodegas . The nearest major hospital is Elmhurst Hospital Center in Elmhurst . Maspeth is covered by ZIP Code 11378. The United States Post Office operates
3250-455: Is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 235 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole. The 104th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 87.4% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 2 murders, 17 rapes, 140 robberies, 168 felony assaults, 214 burglaries, 531 grand larcenies, and 123 grand larcenies auto in 2018. Maspeth contains
3380-575: Is located at the triangle caused by the intersection of Fresh Pond Road, 59th Road, and 61st Street. The park, which honors a local resident who died in World War I , occupies 0.001 acres (0.00040 ha) of land. Luke J. Lang Square consists of hedges, but formerly contained "a flagpole, several benches, and three Norway maples ." Another very small park, Garlinge Triangle at Grand and 57th Avenues, honors other residents who died in World War I. It
3510-544: Is named after Private Walter A. Garlinge, the first Maspeth resident to die during the war. Maspeth is also home to the Metropolitan Oval , a playing field for soccer players, which contains a view of the Manhattan skyline. At Grand Avenue and the LIE, a plaque to "Horse Cars Rest Stop" exists. There used to be a horse cart barn at Brown Place, one block east of Grand Avenue. It is now Peter Charles Park,
3640-512: Is reflected in the many businesses in the neighborhood like Irish pubs and Italian and Polish specialty stores and markets. Many people of Eastern European , German , Chinese , or Hispanic origin (mostly Puerto Ricans from nearby Ridgewood ) have also moved to the area. The Polish population in Maspeth is relatively large; the New York metropolitan area is home to the second largest community of Polish Americans behind Chicago. Maspeth
3770-447: Is situated along Grand Avenue . The neighborhood, which is nearly isolated by the industrial areas and cemeteries surrounding it, is described by some residents as having a small-town feeling. It is bisected by the Long Island Expressway , locally known as the LIE, though the two parts of Maspeth are connected by several crossings across the expressway. There are many community organizations, which have, among other things, preserved
3900-469: Is translated to mean "an inundating tidal river" as determined by William Wallace Tooker or meaning "at the bad waterplace" relating to the many stagnant swamps that existed in the area. The area known today as Maspeth was chartered by New Netherlanders and British settlers in the early 17th century. The Dutch had purchased land in the area known today as Queens in 1635, and within a few years began chartering towns. In 1642, they settled Maspat, under
4030-498: Is zoned for a mixture of uses. The area consisting of 43rd Street through 58th Street, including the former Furman Island, is mostly industrial lowlands. The blocks from 60th Street to 74th Street are mostly residential, but there is a small industrial presence on Grand Avenue. The Phelps Dodge Corporation was present from 1920 to 1983, during which matter from their premises contaminated Newtown Creek , which separates northern Brooklyn from western Queens and serves barge traffic. In
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4160-660: The IND Queens Boulevard Line west of the Woodhaven Boulevard station and go to Kissena Boulevard via a right-of-way parallel and adjacent to the LIE. In Phase I, it would have gone to Kissena Boulevard at Queens College and, in Phase ;II, to Fresh Meadows and Bayside . This "Northeastern Queens" line would have been built in conjunction with the planned widening of the expressway. The subway tracks would have been placed under
4290-881: The Mid-Manhattan Expressway ( MME , also called the Mid-Manhattan Elevated Expressway ) to the Lincoln Tunnel , which it would follow into New Jersey and connect to I-95 in Secaucus . The I-495 designation was assigned to the New Jersey approach to the tunnel in anticipation of the MME being completed. However, the project was canceled and the MME was officially removed from I-495 on January 1, 1970. The New Jersey stretch of I-495 became Route 495 in 1979. Manhattan Borough President Samuel Levy first proposed
4420-699: The New York State Department of Public Works later modified the highway's route in the vicinity of Little Neck Parkway , near the Queens–Nassau border, because of complaints from residents. At Little Neck Parkway, Horace Harding Boulevard continued northeast and then eastward, whereas the LIE was to take a more southerly path. Work began on the Horace Harding Expressway in 1955. However, it soon encountered delays because of weather conditions, construction worker strikes , and difficulties in building across existing roads and swampy land. Business owners along Horace Harding Boulevard complained that
4550-555: The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center , which were the largest of any FDNY unit. The monument, adjacent to the LIE, faces the World Trade Center site , where the One World Trade Center can be seen. An annual memorial ceremony is held at the monument on September 11. The Walk of Honor, unveiled on Memorial Day 2006, is also in the square, and honors activists and visionaries who lived in
4680-566: The " Queens Giant ", the oldest and tallest tree in the New York metropolitan area . The tree, located just north of I-495 in Alley Pond Park , is visible from the highway's westbound lanes. To the east, the freeway connects to the Cross Island Parkway at exit 31 in the park prior to exiting the New York City limits, crossing into Nassau County and becoming the LIE. Although the LIE name officially begins outside
4810-476: The "Midtown Highway". The tunnel, the Midtown Highway, and the segment of Laurel Hill Boulevard between the highway and Queens Boulevard all became part of a realigned NY 24 in the mid-1940s. Parts of this highway were built on the right-of-way of a streetcar line that extended from Hunters Point to southern Flushing . In the 1940s, city planner Robert Moses proposed the construction of
4940-471: The 104th Precinct of the NYPD , located at 64–02 Catalpa Avenue. The 104th Precinct ranked 21st safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. However, the precinct covers a large diamond-shaped area, and Maspeth and Middle Village are generally seen as safer than Ridgewood. As of 2018 , with a non-fatal assault rate of 19 per 100,000 people, Maspeth and Ridgewood's rate of violent crimes per capita
5070-567: The 1980s, the stretch of I-495 between I-278 and the Grand Central Parkway was frequently carrying 110 percent of its capacity, and there were frequent accidents. In 1981, officials proposed several improvements for that highway segment, including adding a two-lane grade-separated service road between the two highways, realigning service roads at 69th and 108th streets, and improving entrance and exit ramps. Initially, I-495 lacked street lights in Nassau and Suffolk counties. As early as 1969,
5200-620: The 2000s, politicians started to make efforts to clean up the Newtown and Maspeth Creeks. Freight train traffic moves on the Long Island Rail Road Montauk Branch and the lightly used Bushwick Branch , both of which are used by the New York and Atlantic Railway . The LIRR Bay Ridge Branch , a freight-only railway branch, separates the neighborhood from Elmhurst and Middle Village. A new West Maspeth rail freight station has been proposed in connection with
5330-478: The Broad Hollow Expressway. After the project was canceled in the 1970s, the west-to-northbound onramp was moved to nearby CR 3 (Pinelawn Road), and the original ramp was replaced with a park and ride . Exit 52 (Commack Road/ CR 4 ) was intended to be moved west to an interchange with the formerly proposed Babylon–Northport Expressway (realigned NY 231 ) in the vicinity of
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5460-622: The Grumman Calverton Naval Air Base between exits 70 and 71. This would have provided an additional interchange known as exit 70A. Exit 71 itself was intended to be a cloverleaf interchange with CR 94 (Nugent Drive) and the Hamptons Spur of the LIE. After the Hamptons Spur proposal was canceled, the plans for exit 71 were altered to call for a complete diamond interchange. Plans for I-495 called for it to extend across Manhattan on
5590-638: The HOV lanes, as opposed to 90 to 120 minutes using the general-purpose lanes. Construction of the HOV lanes within Queens was delayed due to opposition from local officials and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation . The HOV segment in Queens was canceled altogether in 1998, when Governor George Pataki announced that the additional lanes between exits 30 and 32 in Queens would be entrance and exit lanes, rather than HOV lanes. The HOV project would have rebuilt many bridges along I-495 between exits 33 and 40 in Nassau County. As
5720-676: The LIE within Suffolk County—a 15-mile (24 km) section from Melville to Veterans Memorial Highway (now NY 454 ) near Islandia —was opened to traffic between 1962 and 1963. A five-mile (8.0 km) extension of the LIE from Oyster Bay Road to NY 110 opened in August 1962, bringing the highway into Suffolk County. The rest of the highway to Islandia was constructed simultaneously. A 3.5-mile (5.6 km) extension from NY 110 to Deer Park Road opened in October 1962, followed
5850-516: The LIE would carry 80,000 vehicles per day by 1970. In part, because of induced demand , the highway was ineffective in reducing traffic. By 1962, the LIE had reached its peak capacity, carrying between 125,000 and 150,000 vehicles per day. Officials considered constructing four reversible lanes above the existing highway in Queens; this plan would have cost about $ 100 million (equivalent to $ 771 million in 2023 ). New York City's commissioner of highways also proposed constructing
5980-600: The MME connector in 1936. The plan called for an expressway link crossing Midtown Manhattan near 34th Street , then, as now, a heavily traveled crosstown surface street. The original idea was a pair of two-lane tunnels, the MME connecting the West Side Highway on Hudson River and the FDR Drive on the East River . By 1949, Moses had proposed a six-lane elevated expressway along 30th Street. The expressway
6110-573: The Maspeth Station at 55–02 69th Street. Hagstrom Map , the best-selling brand of road maps in the New York metropolitan area from the mid-20th to early 21st century, was based in Maspeth. The Maspeth Town Hall community center is located on 72nd Street. A one-room schoolhouse between 1897 and 1932, it was then occasionally used by a local girls' club and the Works Progress Administration until 1936. It
6240-591: The Maspeth Town Docks, at what is now 56th Terrace and Rust Street, by the late 18th century. After the American Revolutionary War , villagers repaved roads with crushed oyster shells or wooden planks . Columbusville was the name formerly applied to a section of Maspeth. It was a development of Edward Dunn that took place on 69th Place, originally known as Firth Avenue, between Grand Avenue and Caldwell Avenue during 1854–55, and
6370-536: The NYSDOT built service roads along I-495 in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, and it constructed a partial interchange with I-678. Originally, I-495's westbound and eastbound roadways in Queens were separated by a median measuring three to eight feet (0.91 to 2.44 m) wide, with a chainlink fence and emergency telephones. In 1960, state officials announced that they would install a Jersey barrier in
6500-485: The New York City border, almost all locals and most signage use "the Long Island Expressway" or "the LIE" to refer the entire length of I-495. The service roads of I-495 are called Borden Avenue and Queens Midtown Expressway between I-278 and Queens Boulevard, and they are known as Horace Harding Expressway between Queens Boulevard and the Nassau County line. The Horace Harding Expressway section follows
6630-460: The New York state government. The portion of the highway in Nassau and Suffolk counties was built with equal funding from the federal and state governments. The first piece of what is now I-495 – the Queens–Midtown Tunnel , linking Manhattan and Queens – opened to traffic on November 15, 1940. The highway connecting the tunnel to Laurel Hill Boulevard was built around the same time and named
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#17327973763026760-579: The North Fork extension of the LIE. A New York City Subway line along the LIE corridor had been proposed in the 1929 and 1939 IND Second System plans as an extension of the BMT Broadway Line east of the 60th Street Tunnel , prior to the construction of the expressway. These were the predecessors to a line proposed in 1968 as part of the Program for Action . It would have split from
6890-594: The Queens–Midtown Expressway's route in Maspeth and South Elmhurst , thus reducing land acquisition costs by $ 769,000 (equivalent to $ 7 million in 2023 ). The city government awarded the first construction contracts for the highway in July 1953. The first section of the highway to open was the 1.1-mile (1.8 km) section between Laurel Hill Boulevard and Maurice Avenue, which opened on February 24, 1955. The six-lane highway ran through Calvary Cemetery . Afterward,
7020-525: The Queens–Midtown Tunnel and Maurice Avenue was converted to a westbound HOV and bus lane during the morning rush hour. Plans to widen I-495 between I-278 and I-678 were announced by New York City mayor John Lindsay in January 1968. Two additional local lanes would be built beside the three existing lanes in each direction. The plans were postponed in 1974 after state voters failed to approve
7150-880: The Queens–Midtown Tunnel, technically refers to the stretch of highway in Nassau and Suffolk counties. The section from the Queens Midtown Tunnel to Queens Boulevard is known as the Queens Midtown Expressway , and the section between Queens Boulevard and the Queens –Nassau county line is known as the Horace Harding Expressway . The service roads which run parallel to either side of the expressway in Queens are signed as Borden Avenue and Queens Midtown Expressway and as Horace Harding Expressway and Horace Harding Boulevard; from
7280-605: The Queens–Midtown Tunnel. In 1966, the New York City Board of Estimate approved plans to reconstruct the interchange with I-278 as a cloverleaf interchange ; the project was planned to cost around $ 70 million (equivalent to $ 502 million in 2023 ) and take three years. State officials awarded a contract for the project in June 1967, and work began that October. A ramp from the eastbound I-495 to I-278 opened in 1968. Starting in 1971, one lane of I-495 between
7410-511: The Queens–Nassau border from 160 to 260 feet (49 to 79 m). That May, the New York City Board of Estimate approved the widening of Horace Harding Boulevard and Power House Road and constructing an expressway in the road's median at a cost of $ 25 million (equivalent to $ 235 million in 2023 ). The project's cost had increased to $ 34 million (equivalent to $ 313 million in 2023 ) by October 1952. The same year,
7540-571: The Queens–Nassau county line to Sills Road, they are designated as the unsigned New York State Route 906A ( NY 906A ) and New York State Route 906B ( NY 906B ). The highway begins at the western end of the Queens–Midtown Tunnel in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan . The route heads eastward, passing under FDR Drive and the East River as it proceeds through the TBTA -maintained tunnel to Queens . Once on Long Island ,
7670-533: The Ridgewood Gardens co-ops along 65th Place. Houses in Maspeth range from 400 to 600 thousand dollars. One particularly notable group of houses in the area is a cluster of 2- and 3-story orange and yellow brick buildings located between Grand Avenue, 79th Street, and Calamus Avenue. They were made for the Mathews Company and built in 1930 by Louis Allmendinger. Much of the area's commerce
7800-481: The adjacent Northern State Parkway , which parallels the LIE through the county, meet three times, although they actually cross only once at exit 46 near the county line. I-495 interchanges with the Seaford–Oyster Bay Expressway ( NY 135 ). In Suffolk County , the LIE continues its eight-lane configuration with the HOV lane to exit 64 ( NY 112 ). At this point, the HOV lane ends and
7930-519: The area. Public parks, operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation , include the Frontera Park at 69th Street and the LIE, as well as Principe Park at Maurice and 54th Avenues. Traditionally known as Maurice Park, it was renamed in 2005 in tribute to the community leader Frank Principe, who played a key role in its creation and continued welfare throughout his life. The smallest park in New York City, Luke J. Lang Square,
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#17327973763028060-441: The cancelation of the HOV lanes within Queens. Work started in August 2000 and was substantially completed by 2005. The project included the restoration of 12 acres (4.9 ha) within the park, as well as the construction of new ramps to and from the Cross Island Parkway at exit 30. As part of the reconstruction, two cloverleaf ramps were replaced with flyovers, the shoulders in each direction were converted into travel lanes,
8190-660: The church's former site had become warehouses, while provisions for a new site for the church in All Faiths Cemetery had been approved. The Ridgewood Gardens apartment / co-op complex, on a hill known as the Ridgewood Plateau, was built on 72 acres (29 ha) woods owned by James Maurice and donated to the Episcopal Church in 1850. Maurice Woods was bounded by Maurice Avenue, Jay Avenue, 66th Street, and Borden Avenue. 53rd Avenue went down
8320-576: The city government, which wanted to build a crosstown tunnel instead. The I-495 designation was removed from the expressway on January 1, 1970. In 1971, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller removed state plans for the MME, along with about a dozen other highway plans including I-78 through New York City, of which another crosstown highway known as the Lower Manhattan Expressway (LOMEX) was part. Long Island lobbied to extend I-495 east over NY 495. The extension took place in
8450-476: The county executive for Nassau County had advocated for the installation of street lights along a 15-mile (24 km) stretch of the LIE within that county. Despite constant requests from Nassau County officials, no immediate plans were made until 1980, when the first streetlights were installed in eastern Nassau County. The state government planned to add about 1,425 lamps between the Queens–Nassau border and NY 112 (exit 64) since that segment of I-495
8580-475: The early 1980s, at which time the NY 495 signs were taken down and I-495 was extended to the east end of the LIE. The section of I-495 in the vicinity of the Lincoln Tunnel was redesignated as NY 495 at this time. The extension of I-495 to Riverhead makes the highway a spur, which should have an odd first digit according to the Interstate Highway System 's numbering scheme. Even first digits are usually assigned to bypasses, connectors, and beltways, as I-495
8710-402: The east. Maspeth is located in Queens Community District 5 and its ZIP Code is 11378. It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department 's 104th Precinct. Politically, Maspeth is represented by the New York City Council 's 29th and 30th districts. The name "Maspeth" is derived from the name of Mespeatches Native Americans, one of the 13 main tribes that inhabited Long Island . It
8840-481: The eastbound roadway near Springfield Boulevard. By 1972, the highway was being used by over 150,000 vehicles a day. State officials announced plans to designate the segment of the LIE east of I-295 as an Interstate highway following the passage of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 . The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials did not formally extend the I-495 designation from New York City to Riverhead until May 1984. Subsequently,
8970-451: The entirety of the LIE was designated as I-495. The ramp from the westbound I-495 to the westbound I-278 in Queens was so congested that a traffic light was installed on that ramp in 1962. State officials planned to reconstruct the interchange, although the project was delayed for several years. In addition, they planned to build a six-lane viaduct above the existing highway between I-278 and 58th Street, which would carry traffic to and from
9100-403: The expressway or its service roads or in the median of a widened LIE in a similar manner to the Blue Line of the Chicago "L" . It had been previously proposed to run the line from the 63rd Street tunnel under Northern Boulevard to Flushing (near the current Flushing–Main Street station ), then south under Kissena and Parsons boulevards to meet with the LIE at Queens College. The LIE line
9230-400: The expressway's pavement. The 0.9-mile (1.4 km) segment of the LIE near the Clearview Interchange , between Peck Avenue and 224th Street, officially opened on August 12, 1960. The interchange itself, which contained eight ramps and eight overpasses, was not open at the time because I-295 was still under construction. Between 1961 and 1963, in advance of the 1964 New York World's Fair ,
9360-674: The expressway; buildings would be constructed below the viaduct as well. One unusual variation involved running the roadway through the sixth and seventh floors of the Empire State Building . In 1963, plans for the expressway were finalized, and it received the I-495 designation. Beginning from its elevated connections to 12th Avenue ( NY 9A ) or the West Side Highway, the MME would mostly follow 30th Street east of Ninth Avenue . The expressway would travel east as
9490-560: The extension of the Bethpage State Parkway near Washington Avenue in Plainview. The site of exit 47 is now a truck inspection site between exits 46 and 48, which opened in 2006. The original right-of-ways for the service roads between exits 48 and 49 were intended to weave around the steep Manetto Hills area of the main road, rather than running parallel to the road as it does today. The land between
9620-459: The first section of the LIE in Suffolk County, from the Nassau border to NY 110 in Melville , began in February 1960. Supporters of the highway believed that its completion would reduce traffic on Long Island's west–east arterial roads. Over the next decade, the completion of the LIE in Suffolk County spurred significant population growth in communities along its route. Over one-third of
9750-633: The first to respond. The firehouse lost 19 firefighters in the collapse of the towers, the largest loss from any firehouse in the city. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission considered the firehouse for official city landmark status in 2013. As of 2018 , preterm births and births to teenage mothers are less common in Maspeth and Ridgewood than in other places citywide. In Maspeth and Ridgewood, there were 70 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 17.6 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births, compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide. Maspeth and Ridgewood have
9880-497: The highway employs two sets of collector–distributor roads through this area: one between 69th and 99th streets and one between the Grand Central Parkway and I-678. The expressway continues east as a six-lane highway, veering to the southeast to bypass Kissena Park before curving back to the northeast to meet the Clearview Expressway ( I-295 ) at the northern edge of Cunningham Park . Past I-295, I-495 passes by
10010-453: The highway narrows to six lanes; additionally, the concrete Jersey barrier gives way to a wide, grassy median , the asphalt road surface is replaced by a concrete surface, and the expressway is no longer illuminated by streetlights, reflecting the road's location in a more rural area of Long Island. From NY 112 east, the expressway runs through more rural, woodland areas on its trek towards Riverhead . At exit 66 (County Route 101),
10140-436: The highway passes through the site of the tunnel's former toll plaza and becomes the Queens–Midtown Expressway as it travels through the western portion of the borough . A mile (1.6 km) after entering Queens, I-495 meets I-278 ( Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ) at exit 17, then briefly becomes a two-level, 12-lane highway traveling across Calvary Cemetery . Merging into one level at Maurice Avenue, I-495 continues through
10270-403: The lanes at designated junctions. Originally, the HOV lanes were restricted to passenger vehicles with at least two occupants. Starting in 2006, drivers of certain hybrid vehicle models were allowed to use the lanes even if they were driving alone. By 2014, over one-third of all traffic on the LIE between exits 32 and 64 used the HOV lane during peak hours. NYSDOT contemplated restricting
10400-492: The lanes to passenger vehicles with at least three occupants but ultimately decided against this change. I-495 was constructed in stages from 1940 to 1972. Its completion was intended to alleviate congestion along local roads on Long Island. Most of the highway in Queens was built as part of the Interstate Highway System , with 90 percent funding from the federal government and 10 percent from
10530-598: The main road. Ramps on the east side of the Long Island Motor Parkway and west side of NY 111 would be eliminated as part of the interchange's construction. Between exits 57 and 58, there was a proposed extension of the Northern State Parkway . Prior to the construction of the interchange with CR 97 (Nicolls Road), exit 62 was for Morris and Waverly avenues eastbound and Morris Avenue westbound. Exit 68
10660-496: The mainline expressway could be widened, and rebuilding the at-grade junction between College Point Boulevard and Horace Harding Expressway. The interchange with Grand Central Parkway was rebuilt from early 2015 to February 2018, with the replacement of the three overpasses carrying I-495 over the parkway. The $ 55-million (equivalent to $ 65.7 million in 2023 ) reconstruction included extending merge lanes, replacing and adding lighting, and improving drainage structures. As I-495
10790-469: The mansion was called, were turned into a park by 1910, and the mansion burned down in 1933. The Clinton Diner, at Maspeth and Maurice Avenues, was built in 1935 and appeared in the movie Goodfellas among others films. The diner was destroyed by fire in 2018. The Queens Head Tavern, nearby, was an American Revolutionary War -era tavern and was used as a stagecoach stop later on. Interstate 495 (New York) Interstate 495 ( I-495 )
10920-407: The median between 207th Street and the Queens–Nassau border. The remainder of the highway in Queens still contained chainlink fences, which were expensive to repair and could not prevent head-on collisions. In 1970, work commenced on a two-year project to install a Jersey barrier in the median of I-495 from 108th Street to Little Neck Parkway, replacing a 12-foot-wide (3.7 m) median. Plans for
11050-516: The neighborhood's small-town-like character; for example, they blocked the construction of a Home Depot at the site of what is now the Elmhurst Park . Cemeteries take up another large part of Maspeth, although they are separated from residential areas for the most part. The Mount Olivet Cemetery , the largest cemetery in the neighborhood, is located on a high hill in Maspeth and used to be an outer-borough vacation site. Mount Olivet Cemetery
11180-602: The neighborhoods of Maspeth , Elmhurst , and Rego Park . East of NY 25 ( Queens Boulevard ) in Rego Park, I-495 becomes the Horace Harding Expressway. I-495 heads northeast through Corona to Flushing Meadows–Corona Park , intersecting both the Grand Central Parkway and the Van Wyck Expressway ( I-678 ) within the park limits. Because the interchanges in this area are close together,
11310-417: The new roadway, which was estimated to cost $ 26 million (equivalent to $ 264 million in 2023 ) to construct, excluding $ 23 million (equivalent to $ 233 million in 2023 ) in land acquisition costs. A later proposal had the roadway situated 10 stories above valuable commercial real estate. Air rights above the expressway would be sold and new highrise buildings would be constructed above
11440-566: The next month by another 2.7-mile (4.3 km) segment from Deer Park Road to Commack Road. A further 6.5-mile (10.5 km) extension opened to NY 454 in August 1963. Three more sections of the LIE, from Islandia to exit 71 near Riverhead, were completed in 1969 and 1970. The 5.3-mile (8.5 km) segment from Veterans Memorial Highway to Patchogue–Holbrook Road was opened on October 27, 1966, by governor Nelson Rockefeller . The discontinuous section of highway between William Floyd Parkway and exit 71 opened in June 1969 and
11570-517: The old Midtown Highway became known as the "Queens–Midtown Expressway". The entire highway from Laurel Hill Boulevard (by this point upgraded into the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ) to the junction of Queens Boulevard (NY 24 and NY 25 ) and Horace Harding Boulevard ( NY 25D ) opened on November 5, 1955. This 3.2-mile (5.1 km) section of the LIE had cost $ 29.5 million (equivalent to $ 262 million in 2023 ) and
11700-541: The outset, a minimum speed limit of 40 mph (64 km/h) was enforced on the segment of the LIE in Nassau and Suffolk counties. On September 30, 1958, the first section of the LIE outside New York City, a five-mile (8.0 km) segment from the Queens–Nassau county line to Willis Avenue in Roslyn Heights , officially opened to traffic. The section of the LIE between Roslyn and the Nassau–Suffolk border
11830-539: The passage of a $ 3-billion (equivalent to $ 6.67 billion in 2023 ) bond issue that year, the state proposed marking the additional lanes as HOV lanes. The state approved the construction of these lanes east of the Cross Island Parkway in 1991. The lanes were built in sections. The first section to open, a 12-mile (19 km) section in western Suffolk County, was opened in May 1994; two additional sections opened in 1998 and 1999. The lanes soon became well known due to
11960-529: The path of Horace Harding Boulevard (also previously called Nassau Boulevard), which was named for J. Horace Harding (1863–1929), a finance magnate who directed the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and the New York Municipal Railways System. Harding used his influence to promote the development of Long Island's roadways, lending strong support to Robert Moses 's "great parkway plan". Harding also urged construction of
12090-441: The percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 46% in Maspeth and Ridgewood, lower than the boroughwide and citywide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018 , Maspeth, Ridgewood, Middle Village, and Glendale are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying . Most people who live in Maspeth are of Polish , Italian , or Irish descent. This
12220-570: The place where streetcar lines (now the B57 , Q58 , Q59 bus routes) used to split. On the front yard of the Church of the Transfiguration on Perry Avenue, a replica of a Lithuanian roadside shrine has stood since 1981. St. Saviour's Church, built in 1847 at Rust Street and 57th Drive, was located on land formerly owned by lawyer and politician James Maurice . After a 1970 arson, it
12350-500: The plans soon after they were announced. In 1954, New York State Governor Thomas E. Dewey approved plans for the LIE, extending 64 miles (103 km) between the Queens–Nassau border and Riverhead. Moses and New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. said that the proposed highway would not charge tolls, regardless of whether the expressway received federal funding under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952 . From
12480-476: The project was reducing their income and isolating their businesses from surrounding neighborhoods. A 1.5-mile (2.4 km) section of the LIE near Alley Pond Park in eastern Queens, between Cloverdale Boulevard in Bayside and Little Neck Parkway, officially opened on September 25, 1957. The highway segment reduced the need for cars to use West Alley Road, a winding road that crossed the park. Construction on
12610-591: The section between Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst and Parsons Boulevard in Pomonok was several years behind schedule, but this section was open by mid-1959. For several months, the highway abruptly terminated at Parsons Boulevard, and barriers funneled traffic onto the service road; the highway was extended to Peck Avenue in Fresh Meadows in late 1959. The section of the LIE west of the Clearview Expressway
12740-414: The service road and the main road was reserved for housing developments. The right-of-way for the original westbound service road still weaves through the development on the north side of the road. Exit 49 was originally a cloverleaf interchange with the outer ramps connecting to the service roads at a point closer to NY 110 . This was in preparation for NY 110's formerly proposed upgrade into
12870-509: The service roads become fragmented, and they fully terminate at exit 68 ( William Floyd Parkway ). Exit 70 ( CR 111 ) in Manorville is the last full interchange, as it is the last interchange that allows eastbound traffic on, and the first to allow westbound off. After exit 71 ( NY 24 /Nugent Drive), the expressway begins to narrow as it approaches its eastern terminus. Until 2008, just before exit 72 (NY 25),
13000-488: The south, while the portion of the freeway east of the Clearview Expressway became NY 495 (and later, I-495). By 1958, it was estimated that the entire highway would not be completed until 1970. Real-estate developers believed that the LIE's construction was not proceeding quickly enough, and Suffolk County's supervisors also advocated for the highway to be completed as soon as possible. Bidding for
13130-412: The three eastbound lanes narrowed to two, which, in turn, narrowed almost immediately to a single lane at exit 73, which lies 800 feet (240 m) east of exit 72. As of 2008 , of the two lanes, one lane is designated for exit 72 and the other is for exit 73, which ends the squeeze into a single lane that formerly existed at exit 73. At exit 73, all traffic along the expressway
13260-607: The two parking areas. These ramps would have been accessible from the service roads. The westbound offramp and service road at exit 54 (Wicks Road/ CR 7 ) originally terminated at the Long Island Motor Parkway , east of Wicks Road. The westbound onramp was squeezed between the northwest corner of the Wicks Road bridge and exit 53. Excessive weaving between exits 52, 53, and 54 caused NYSDOT to combine all three interchanges into one and replace
13390-496: The two projects had increased to $ 55 million (equivalent to $ 507 million in 2023 ), of which the Queens–Midtown Expressway was to cost $ 21 million (equivalent to $ 193 million in 2023 ). To help fund the Queens–Midtown Expressway, Moses reallocated funding from two other highway projects in early 1953. That October, the New York City Planning Commission approved a minor revision to
13520-541: The west-to-southbound offramp to the Sagtikos State Parkway with a flyover ramp. Exit 54 was eliminated during this project. Exit 55A was meant to be a trumpet interchange for the Hauppauge Spur of NY 347 , between the Long Island Motor Parkway (exit 55) and NY 111 (exit 56). The service roads were intended to go around the interchange rather than run parallel to
13650-501: The westbound exit 31 to Douglaston Parkway was closed, and new collector–distributor ramps were installed east of the Cross Island Parkway interchange. Starting in 2004, NYSDOT examined proposals to reconfigure exit 22 with I-678 and the Grand Central Parkway in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park . These included plans to construct direct ramps between the highways, relocating the service roads of I-495 so
13780-721: The western portal of the Queens–Midtown Tunnel in the New York City borough of Manhattan to County Route 58 (CR 58) in Riverhead in the east. I-495 intersects with I-295 in Bayside, Queens , through which it connects with I-95 . The 2017 route log erroneously shows the section of highway between I-278 in Long Island City and I-678 in Corona as New York State Route 495 (NY 495). The LIE designation, despite being commonly applied to all of I-495 east of
13910-560: Was a New York City Police Department precinct until 1971. The building was renovated and made into a community center in 1972. Other neighborhood institutions include the local Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club, and the Maspeth Federal Savings Bank. A September 11 memorial has been erected at 69th Street and Grand Avenue to commemorate the local FDNY Squad 288 and HAZMAT 1 firehouse's casualties from
14040-559: Was approved in July 1968. The line was opposed by many residents of the surrounding communities because it would entail widening I-495, which would necessitate the demolition of nearby homes. By 1973, the final design for the Northeast Queens LIE line was published. The LIE line was canceled later that year because state residents had voted against a $ 3.5-billion (equivalent to $ 18.3 billion in 2023 ) bond measure that would have paid for five subway extensions, including
14170-441: Was being built across Long Island, it was specifically designed to accommodate certain topographical conditions and proposed interchanges. Exit 30 was originally a partial cloverleaf interchange with the Cross Island Parkway , while eastbound exit 30S was for Easthampton Boulevard with a connecting ramp to the southbound Cross Island Parkway. Exit 31 was originally a westbound only interchange for Douglaston Parkway; it
14300-601: Was cleaned up. However, by 2005, developers bought the church in order to demolish it, since the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission had refused to landmark the church. This was largely opposed; however, its facade was torn apart, disassembled, and stored at All Faiths Cemetery by 2008. Despite community effort, led by the Juniper Park Civic Association, to make a park on the site, by 2011,
14430-402: Was considered relatively safe compared to other New York City neighborhoods experiencing crime increases, and multiple generations of the same family often lived in Maspeth. Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Maspeth was 30,516, an increase of 1,600 (5.5%) from the 28,916 counted in 2000 . Covering an area of 818.44 acres (331.21 ha), the neighborhood had
14560-454: Was designated as I-495 in October 1958. The windmill interchange with the Clearview Expressway ( I-295 ) in Bayside was the last section of the LIE in New York City to be completed. Construction on that interchange had started in January 1959. By early 1960, the LIE saw more than 120,000 vehicles per day, although congestion frequently built up at Bayside. The marshy land in the vicinity of Flushing Meadows–Corona Park caused cracking on
14690-651: Was designated in its entirety as NY 24. The old surface alignment of NY 24 south of the expressway became NY 24A . The LIE was extended east from Glen Cove Road to NY 106 / NY 107 in Jericho on October 8, 1960, and was then opened to South Oyster Bay Road in Syosset in December 1960. By 1962, the NY ;24 designation was removed from the LIE and reassigned to its former surface alignment to
14820-523: Was extended west to Holbrook in December 1969. A six-mile (9.7 km) segment between Horseblock Road and Holbrook, connecting the two sections of the LIE, continued for several months. After this section opened on June 9, 1970, the LIE was continuous between Manhattan and Riverhead. There were delays in constructing the easternmost two miles (3.2 km) of the LIE from exit 71 to CR 58 . The extension to CR 58 opened to traffic on June 28, 1972. Officials had originally predicted that
14950-599: Was followed in November 1959 by a contract for the section between South Oyster Bay Road and the Suffolk County border. The LIE was extended to Glen Cove Road in Roslyn on September 29, 1959, with ramps to and from the Northern State Parkway . By this time, the LIE was continuous between Bayside and Roslyn. After the Clearview Interchange opened, the LIE was continuous between Manhattan and Roslyn, and it
15080-522: Was funded by the TBTA , of which Moses was chair. NY 24 initially remained routed on Laurel Hill and Queens boulevards. The LIE was built over much of Horace Harding Boulevard within eastern Queens and Power House Road within western Nassau County . Prior to the LIE's construction, the route was designated as NY 25D. As part of his March 1951 proposal for the Queens–Midtown Expressway, Moses proposed widening an 8.5-mile (13.7 km) stretch of Horace Harding Boulevard between Queens Boulevard and
15210-421: Was heavily used. East of NY 112, vehicle usage dropped sharply, so no lights were planned. The final streetlights were installed in 2002. As early as October 1968, state officials had wanted to widen the highway between I-295 and NY 135 from 6 to 10 lanes. In late 1988, the New York state government proposed adding a fourth lane in each direction to I-495 between Jericho and Medford. Following
15340-437: Was initially controversial; at a public hearing in late 1957, 100 homeowners criticized the alignment of that section of highway. By early the next year, work had commenced on the section of the LIE between Guinea Woods Road (now Glen Cove Road ) and Jericho Turnpike. The New York state government awarded a construction contract for the section of the LIE between Jericho Turnpike and South Oyster Bay Road in June 1959. This
15470-618: Was later combined with the exit for Little Neck Parkway. Exit 39A was intended for the proposed extension of the Wantagh State Parkway near Powell Road in Old Westbury. It was intended to be a full Y interchange with an east-to-southbound-only offramp and a north-to-westbound-only onramp running beneath Powell Road. Exit 40 originally had only same-directional offramps under the expressway providing access to realigned sections of NY 25 . When exit 41
15600-581: Was leveled the following year in an attack by Native Americans, and the surviving settlers returned to Manhattan. In 1652, settlers ventured back to the area, settling an area slightly inland from the previous Maspat location. This new area was called Middleburg, and eventually developed into what is now Elmhurst, bordering Maspeth. Originally, 28 English Quakers had founded the village of Maspeth, which had sizable water and milling industries along Newtown Creek and Maspeth Creek . Two storekeepers, Nathanial Hazard and Francis T. White, sold food and clothes at
15730-493: Was located in that building. In 2006, that house was torn down and replaced by a bank. The wheelwright was patronized by farmers from Long Island who stayed at the Queens County Hotel, built in 1851 along Grand Avenue, on their way to the markets. The Maspeth Theater, the neighborhood's largest theater in the 1920s, was built in 1924 at Grand Avenue and 69th Street by Straus and Strausberg, with 1,161 seats. It
15860-548: Was notable for a neon sign on its facade. At Clinton Hall, a 1920s-built venue that had interior balconies and a large chandelier , there is now a laboratory and industrial offices. It is named after a mansion built by Judge Joseph Sackett. Sackett had built a wood-framed mansion behind the hall; later, New York Governor DeWitt Clinton planned the Erie Canal . The lands of the Sackett-Clinton House, as
15990-499: Was originally constructed, it had no south-to-west connecting ramp. Westbound access to the expressway was provided at the nearby exit 40 onramp at NY 25. An alternate design for exit 42 called for it to be similar to the one proposed for NY 135 and the Bethpage State Parkway , and westbound exit 46 was originally a partial cloverleaf. Exit 47 was never built; it had been intended for
16120-605: Was originally planned to be built as a cloverleaf interchange without collective–distributor roads. Additionally in the 1970s, Suffolk County Department of Public Works proposed an extension of East Main Street in Yaphank ( CR 102 ) that would have terminated at the west end of this interchange. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Suffolk County Planning Department considered extending CR 55 to
16250-417: Was owned by three companies before closing in 1965. Notable performers included Judy Garland . There were also many other theaters in Maspeth in the 1920s. A former Maspeth supermarket , Wielback's Grocery—one of the oldest in the area—then became Griff's Hardware. In 2000, the building became Griff's Laundry, a laundromat that closed less than ten years later and was slated for demolition. The building
16380-498: Was planned on March 26, 1850, when James Maurice held a meeting at his Maspeth house to discuss the formation of the cemetery. Notable interments in the cemetery include cosmetics magnate Helena Rubinstein Courielli and sixteen victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire . The adjoining Mount Zion Cemetery contains a memorial to the victims of the fire. Maspeth, Ridgewood, Middle Village, and Glendale are patrolled by
16510-427: Was prior to the 1980s. A proposed Long Island Crossing would have extended the LIE across Long Island Sound to I-95 in either Guilford, Connecticut ; Old Saybrook, Connecticut ; or Westerly, Rhode Island via a series of existing and artificial islands, but a lack of funding as well as public opposition led to the demise of these proposals. CR 48 in Suffolk County was originally intended to become part of
16640-652: Was subsequently absorbed into Maspeth. The name fell into disuse in the 1890s. What was Laurel Hill in the post-colonial era has become West Maspeth, bounded by Calvary Cemetery, and later the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway , in the west, the Queens-Midtown Expressway on the north, 58th Street on the east, and 56th Road and the Long Island Rail Road 's Montauk Branch on the south. Laurel Hill Boulevard (56th Road)
16770-404: Was to cost $ 10.62 million (equivalent to $ 143 million in 2023 ). Plans did not proceed further until March 1951, when Moses proposed constructing the six-lane Queens–Midtown Expressway between Laurel Hill and Queens boulevards. This was part of a larger, $ 30-million (equivalent to $ 282 million in 2023 ) plan that also included the Horace Harding Expressway. By October 1952, the cost of
16900-501: Was to have two exits, connecting to the West Side Highway and Lincoln Tunnel on the west side of Manhattan and also to the Queens–Midtown Tunnel and FDR Drive on the east side of the island. It would be constructed within a 100-foot-wide (30 m) right-of-way immediately south of 30th Street. The viaduct would require substantial demolition of highrise buildings within Midtown Manhattan. Moses suggested charging tolls on
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