Atlantic Avenue (New York City)

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Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic Avenue descending Cobble Hill
Atlantic Avenue descending Cobble Hill
NamesakeAtlantic Avenue Railroad
OwnerCity of New York
Maintained byNYCDOT
Length10.3 mi (16.6 km)[1]
LocationBrooklyn and Queens, New York City
Nearest metro stationAtlantic Avenue "L" train
Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center
"2" train"3" train"4" train"5" train"B" train"D" train"N" train"Q" train"R" train"W" train
West endBridge Park Drive in Brooklyn Heights
Major
junctions
I-278 in Brooklyn Heights
East end I-678 / 94th Avenue in Jamaica

Atlantic Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. It stretches from the Brooklyn waterfront on the East River all the way to Jamaica, Queens. Atlantic Avenue runs parallel to Fulton Street for much of its course through Brooklyn, where it serves as a border between the neighborhoods of Prospect Heights and Fort Greene and between Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, and between Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill. This stretch of avenue is known for having a high rate of pedestrian fatalities and has been described as "the killing fields of the city."[2]

Atlantic Avenue is the sole east–west through truck route across Brooklyn,[3] mostly serving the purpose of the canceled Bushwick Expressway (Interstate 78) and the Brooklyn portion of the Cross Brooklyn Expressway (New York State Route 878, internally known as Interstate 878). The street connects to the existing segment of NY 878 via Conduit Boulevard, which splits from Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn and connects to NY 878 in Queens.

  1. ^ "Atlantic Avenue (New York City)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  2. ^ Bellafante, Ginia (2023-04-28). "When a Walkable City Becomes a Death Trap". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  3. ^ New York City Department of Transportation, New York City Truck Route Map, 2007